This is an analysis of the poem Like A Scent I Did Not Invent that begins with:

Like a scent I did not invent...
I can not prevent or stop, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDC defgXge ABCDCXc XXXhhXXfaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,7,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 1110111 100101110 11110 1101 1111010 1101101 111110101 11010110100 011110100 111010 110111 10110101 1110111 100101110 11110 1101 110011 001 1 11111 00010110 11110001010 0001101010 001110100101 11111 11111101 1100100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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