This is an analysis of the poem Indian Love Song that begins with:

She
LIKE a serpent to the calling voice of flutes, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccdbd a dccadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1 10100010101 11100110111 10111010101 01010110010 1111010101 11010101010 1 10010010001 11101110111 10101010101 1101001001 1111010101 0101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; like is repeated.

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