This is an analysis of the poem On A Torso Of Cupid that begins with:

PEACH trees and Judas trees,
Poppies and roses, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabbcc aXaXdXee fgfgddhX ijiXeeii hjhjeeXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 10110 101000 01010 100101 101111 100101 100101 110101 10010 100101 11100 010100 100100 100100 010101 110111 10110 110111 10010 110111 1101001 110101 100100 110101 11010 100111 01010 111111 101101 111101 100101 111111 10110 101101 11110 110101 111101 111111 110101 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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