This is an analysis of Song From 'Paracelsus' by Robert Browning.

HEAP cassia, sandal-buds and stripes
   Of labdanum, and aloe-balls,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbccc ddXddeee
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 110010111 11001111 101111001 11011101 11110100 011110111 10011101 01011101 11110011 10011101 110111100 11001101 11010101 010110101 100011101 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16