This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To Lucifer that begins with:

Ware, nor of good nor ill, what aim hath act?
Without its climax, death, what savour hath...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacaXc adXdeeeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100111111 0101111101 1101000101 1101011101 0111010110 11000110101 0110110100 0100101010100 11101110111 01001010100 01010110100 1101010110 1101000100 11010001001 1101001101 1100010101 0111011100 0101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no is repeated.

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