This is an analysis of the poem The Snake Charmer that begins with:
WHITHER dost thou hide from the magic of my flute-call?
In what moonlight-tangled meshes of perfume, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xcdc dbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011100100111 01111010001 1010010101010 101110001001 11110101111110 1110010010111 0010101101010 101010010001 1011101110010 110010101010 111010110010 111010110010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, i'll, come are repeated.
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