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

When in the hell of self-created sufferings
Cruelly indecent pictures plague him -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X X X a X a X X X X bXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101010100 100101011 1111010101010010 101111110 111111 10110010 11010000010011 0101001010 10111001000 11110001 010011001 00110010010 10001001001001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 39
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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