This is an analysis of the poem Perplexed Music that begins with:
EXPERIENCE, like a pale musician, holds
A dulcimer of patience in his hand,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXXcXdcaXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 01001010101 0100010001 1100110101 0100010101 010110101 1111111100 1101100100 01000010101 11011010101 11010011111 1101000101 1111011111 0100010100 110101110 1
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 580
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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