This is an analysis of the poem Carthame Chatoyant, Cinabre that begins with:

Carthame chatoyant, cinabre,
Colcothar, orpiment,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXaX bXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 100100 1111100 11110 1001110 00111 1001101 10111 1010111 101110 1011110 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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