This is an analysis of After Lunch by Bai Juyi.

After eating lunch, I feel so sleepy.
Waking later, I sip two bowls of tea,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX aa bX Xb
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,
  • Metre: 1010111110 1010111101 110111001 0101001101 101001101 1111011 010111110 11110011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 8