This is an analysis of the poem Stolen Salvias that begins with:

O, bleeding blossoms, tell, were my heart there —
There in your bed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBABCDCDBEBbEDBDBEFEaBABCDCDBEBbEDBDBEFEf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010111 1011 1111111101 110001 1011010011 1111 1001110111 1111 1101011111 1001 10110111 01 0101 1111110101 0111 1111110111 1110 1101011101 1001 1111110011 0111101010111 1011 1111111101 110001 1011010011 1111 1001110111 1111 1101011111 1001 10110111 01 0101 1111110101 0111 1111110111 1110 1101011101 1001 1111110011 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 248
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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