This is an analysis of the poem Strange Is The Path When You Offer Love that begins with:

Do not mention the name of love,
O my simple-minded companion. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaX adecXbXXXbXXffX Xde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,15,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 111010010 1001 111011 110011011 0110101 00101111 1110 0101 11001110010 0101111001 10010010 01010 110101 01001 0101 11101 11010001 0101 010010100010 10100101000 111011 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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