This is an analysis of Returning To Live In The South (I) by Tao Qian.

Little not fit common charm
Nature basic love mound hill…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdaeXeccXXfbfXdbd
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 1011101 1010111 011110 11110 1111110 1111111 1101110 011001110 11001110 11111 1111011 1101101 111010 0100110101 111100 1011011 11111 1011110 110100 0110111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20