This is an analysis of the poem The Litanies Of Satan that begins with:
O you, the most knowing, and loveliest of Angels,
a god fate betrayed, deprived of praises,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaBcbBdeBaeBffBXdBaeBaXBeXBaaBfaBeeBaaBcaBfeB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101100010 0110101010 110110111100 11011011101 11011010110 110110111100 111101100101 00101001001 110110111100 1111010100010 1101011101 110110111100 11111110110 0101110110 110110111100 1110011111 11011010010 110110111100 1110110010010 01011111110 110110111100 111110101 1100101010 110110111100 111110100 00110101101 110110111100 11110001001 001011110110 110110111100 11110110010 010011010110 110110111100 11111110010 1010010011100 110110111100 11100111011 01001101001 110110111100 0111010010 1000100100100 110110111100 10010111010 101100010101 110110111100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1951
- Average number of words per stanza: 361
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, of, who, on, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o is repeated.
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