This is an analysis of the poem Song From 'Paracelsus' that begins with:
HEAP cassia, sandal-buds and stripes
Of labdanum, and aloe-balls, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbccc ddXddeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010111 11001111 101111001 11011101 11110100 011110111 10011101 01011101 11110011 10011101 110111100 11001101 11010101 010110101 100011101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more 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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