This is an analysis of the poem The Good Man In Hell that begins with:

If a good man were ever housed in Hell
By needful error of the qualities,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb caca dada eded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0001010101 1101000100 01010111010 1101100101 110100101001 1101000111 1101110101 0101011100 1001110001 1101101001 1001010111 01000100111 11111100010 1001010101 11010110010 111111111 11010111101 101011101100 1001110101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

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