This is an analysis of the poem Song 1 that begins with:

OH! bear me to the groves of palm,
Where perfum'd airs diffuse their balm!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcXccdd ee ffggeeXebbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,2,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11100101 10110111 11011101 111001001 10101011 10000101 10110010 11001100 101001010 11101010 1110101 01010101 1010101 1000101 01010111 01010111 10111001 10100101 1010101 1000101 1010101 010101010 11110101 11011101 1011101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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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