This is an analysis of the poem Dungeon Grates that begins with:

So piteously the lonely soul of man
Shudders before this universal plan,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddeeeeaaffggbbbXhhaaXcffibijjffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1100010101 1001010101 1100010101 11010101001 0101110011 0111010101 1111111101 10101010100 11010101010 010101010010 1101010101 0101011111 0101010101 1101110101 1011010111 1110110101 01011100110 010100110010 1101011111 0111010111 1011011101 1001010101 1101010101 0011111110 0101010001 10111111111 01010010001 1111010111 00010101000 1111010101 11110111010 10110100010 0111110001 10010 11111 1101110101 1111110101 11111101110 010110111010 1101110001 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1679
  • Average number of words per stanza: 313
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; so, of, and, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word so is repeated.

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

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