Chinese Poems

Pentasyllabic tone analyzer

This tool always treats lines as five-character verse. It tests 2nd vs 5th character when the final character is 仄, and 2nd vs 4th character when the rhyme/final character is 平.

Paste poems and run the analyzer.
-Deflected-final lines where 2nd and 5th characters contrast by tone
-Level-rhyme lines where 2nd and 4th characters contrast by tone
-Couplets with level rhyme where final characters contrast by tone
-Couplets with deflected rhyme where final characters contrast by tone

Resolve Ambiguities

Run an analysis to see ambiguous characters here.

# Line 2nd Char 2nd Tone 4th Char 4th Tone Final Char Final Tone Final Class 2nd vs 5th Tone 2nd vs 4th Tone Couplet Rhyme Class Final Tone Contrast Overrides Status