This is an analysis of the poem Caput Mortuum that begins with:

Not even if with a wizard force I might
Have summoned whomsoever I would name, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba bbaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11000010111 1101010111 11001111111 01010111011 1111111111 1101101001 1111110101 1101010101 01010100101 1011110101 0101010101 0111011101 0111011111 1011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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