This is an analysis of the poem Haec Olim Meminisse that begins with:
FEBRILE perfumes as of faded roses
In the old house speak of love to-day,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddeXeXXXXaaaafbfb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001101010 001110101 1111101110 101110101 1010101010 101111111 1110101110 110010101 1011111010 101000111 1110101000 101000111 1111101110 101000101 1011101110 111011101 1011101010 1001001111 0011111110 111011101 1011111010 101100101 1110001010 101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 984
- Average number of words per stanza: 178
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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