This is an analysis of At The End Of Spring by Bai Juyi.

The flower of the pear-tree gathers and turns to fruit;
The swallows' eggs have hatched into young birds.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbbXaaXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 0100011101101 0101110011 10101010101 1101010011 00110101111 011011101 0010101011 011101010111 110101111111 1110110010011 1011110101 101011110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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