This is an analysis of Floating Sweet Dumpling by Ho Xuan Huong.

My body is powdery white and round
I sink and bob like a mountain in a pond…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1100100111 11111010001 011110111 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

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