This is an analysis of the poem A Memory Of The Players In A Mirror At Midnight that begins with:

They mouth love's language. Gnash
The thirteen teeth... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaacbc deeefdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111101 0111 111101 1111011001 1101011011 110111 101 0111 111111 11011101 0101110101 10101010 1111100101 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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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