This is an analysis of the poem A Friend Sends Her Perfumed Carriage that begins with:

A friend sends her perfumed carriage
And high-bred horses to fetch me. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XbcXcXabbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01100110 11110011 101010100 1110011010 10100101001100 1111001010 01010101001010 10101001010010 1101010 01111101 11110001 111110 1010101010 11001110 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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