This is an analysis of Fuji In A Saucer: The Poem by Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin.

Through tannic steam I catch a glimpse of Fuji:
Against a yellow sky volcanic gold…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddcdcXece
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 11011101010 0101010101 01010101010 0101010001 0111011101 1111110101 1111111001 1101111111 01010010100 1111010101 1101011111 01000101001 11110101010 1101011101 1111010101 0101000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

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