This is an analysis of the poem The Asthmatic To The Satan That Binds Him that begins with:

Satan, avaunt!
Nay, take thine hour,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababb Xcdcbb eeeebb fbfbbb bgbggg hbhbii jgjgdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 11110 1111 11110 010011 100011 1010 1101 11001 0111 101101 110111 1101 0101 1111 1101 1111001 110001 1101 0101 1101 1111 010101 110111 1011 1101 1101 1101 011101 011101 1101 11001 0111 0111 111111 111101 1101 1101 0101 1111 111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Asthmatic To The Satan That Binds Him;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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