This is an analysis of the poem A Monarch's Death-Bed that begins with:

A monarch on his death-bed lay -
Did censors waft perfume,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dedefcfc eaeacccc cgcgXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 010101 111111001 101101 11010101 010101 011101001 011101 111111001 1111001 11010101 0100101 11010111 110101 11010101 100101 01110101 110101 11010101 010101 01011101 010101 11011101 010101 01110111 110101 11010101 100111 00111101 010111 01111101 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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