This is an analysis of the poem Episode 33 that begins with:

THEN the baleful fiend its fire belched out,
and bright homes burned. The blaze stood high...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefgfehie ihieXiXejegckXjdkXXhXlabcafiigaggiiijXbahaleihahXliiblelXaleihXegXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,67,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010101011 11110111 110101101 11101110101 11010101 01010111 10101011010 101100101 0010101101 100101101 01110010010 01001101111 010110111 101100111 0100101110 1110100011 101110010 010110101 111010101 1010010101 01110101110 01110110010 0110110111 11110111 100101010 10101101 101001010 01110111 11010110010 101111001 11100100101 0111101001 110111001010 111001001 01001001001 0111101011 1111001010 01011010100 11101011001 10111001 10111101 10101101010 1011111 0101111001 10100101010 100100101 10101111 1111011011 11001101010 101101010010 101111001 1111001001 11010110011 10011101 0100100111 111010101 1011001001 1111100111 111011001 0100101110 0011101001 1101010101 0101111001 10110111 110010100 10100110101 100101101 110010110011 1110101010 11101001010 010111101 010100111 10101101 110110111 01011010100 1010100101 1111101 10101101 111100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1650
  • Average number of words per stanza: 292
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • 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; its, it, of, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Episode 33;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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