This is an analysis of the poem Hell that begins with:
R. B. VAUGHN speaks:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XXXXaXbXXacXbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1111 1011000010001 1111111100 11001001101 010101110001 1011011101001 01010111010 111101111111 111111111101 111001001111 11010110 1100101 110111 01110101 1101110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; it, in, and, would, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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