This is an analysis of the poem When Ore My Temples Balmy Vapours Rise that begins with:

When ore my temples balmy vapours rise
Whose soft suffusion dims the sinking eyes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111010101 1110010101 110101001 1101111101 1101010111 101010101 0101010101 0101000101 11110001001 111000101 101110101 101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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