This is an analysis of the poem On A Viola D'Amore that begins with:

CARVED WITH A CUPID'S HEAD, AND PLAYED ON FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcXX dedebb fafaXX cccXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101111101110110100 11010111 0100110 110010101 1100010 01011101 01011011 01000101 1111110 11010101 1101010 11010101 1101001 110101011 1101010 11000101 1101010 111101110 10110001 11000101 1100110 1100111 1011010 01110101 0110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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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