This is an analysis of the poem This Mad Carnival Of Loving that begins with:

This mad carnival of loving,
This wild orgy of the flesh, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXba cdXc XaXd bXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100010 0110001 11111110 11101010 1000101 111010010 10111010 1000101 10001110 10111010 00101010 1010001 10101110 11111010 101000110 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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