This is an analysis of the poem Lucifer Of The Torch that begins with:

O Reverend Ravlin, once with sounding lung
You shook the bloody banner of your tongue,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXXddffbbb XXggddffhhaaiihhddii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11001010101 1101010011 11010010001 1111010011 0111011101 1101110101 0111001101 1011010111 1101001101 1101110101 0101010001 11010001010 0101010011 1101110001 1101110111 0101010101 11011011101 0111001101 1100110001 0011110101 0101100101 1101010101 0101010101 1101000101 1011010111 01010110011 11010011101 1101011001 0101010101 1101010101 1101000101 0111000111 1111010101 1101111101 0101010101 0111010011 1101100101 1100110111 1100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 827
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; your, and, to are repeated.

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