This is an analysis of the poem Hell Is A Lonely Place that begins with:

he was 65, his wife was 66, had
Alzheimer's disease....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cXdefbgha ebcX beijdkibe lXdmlmk afbhcbcda ccXbcd bb dba lgl eamab bacXXhl fifmafXXahXdjm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,9,4,9,7,9,6,2,3,3,5,7,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 11001 111000 1 10 10101010 10 1010100 1 11100 10 1011010 10100 10 10 0100100 010 11010100 0100 10 1100010 10 10010 1 10110 1011 110010 1010011 1 11011 1 1101 1101 100 1101010 1010 101 11001110 11000 1010 1100 111010 1 101000 110 10 011001 010 10 010101010 0 110011 01101 0 1 001011 111 011 110 0110 011 01100 100 1 1011 01 011 101 110 0010101 1 1 101 1000 110 01 111010 10010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Hell Is A Lonely Place;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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