This is an analysis of the poem Bring Perfumes Sweet To Me that begins with:

FROM out the street of So-and-So,
Oh wind, bring perfumes sweet to me...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBacddee fcfbgghh ieieiicbXacaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 11101101 11111101 11110100 01110101 110100101 01010101 11010101 01011011 11111100 01110111 01010101 10110101 01111111 01100101 11110111 11110001 01110111 10110111 11110101 11010111 01010101 11100100 110100101 11110101 01110100 01010111 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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