This is an analysis of the poem Book Of Timur - To Suleika that begins with:

FITTING perfumes to prepare,
And to raise thy rapture high,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba b c dX d e ee e b cbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001 1011101 10101001 10100111 1111001 1110111 10111010 1010101 10111010 1001111 11001010 1110101 1111111 1111111 1110101 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 43
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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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