This is an analysis of the poem Revenge that begins with:
If I had hatred in my heart toward my fellow man,
If I were pressed to do him ill, to conjure up a plan ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeddXaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01110011011101 01010111010101 01110101010111 11011101111101 11111101110101 11010101111101 0100111111101 11011101111101 11110100110101 11010101010101 11110111110101 11011101011101 01011101111101 11010111010101 11110101010101 1101010111011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, him, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, i'd are repeated.
The author used the same word i'd at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word week at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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