This is an analysis of the poem The White Heat that begins with:

Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?
Then crouch within the door --... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdacXXdXccad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011011 110101 10010101 110101 11010010 010001 01010101 010001 1101011 110101 11010101 110101 01010101 010101 10010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 548
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The White Heat;
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