This is an analysis of the poem Inferno that begins with:

Grey hells, or hells aglow with hot and scarlet flowers;
White hells of light and clamor; hells the abomination...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba caddca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010111010 11011101001010 01011001010 0101011101110 10011010011010 100010100010 1001010111010 1101110111010 1111110101100 1101010100101 100101010101 010001010101 010111011100 010101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hells is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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