This is an analysis of the poem Pride In Heaven that begins with:

On heaven's ethereal plain,
Where hostile rage ambition first begun, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXbba cdcdeeed fgfgaaag hahaeeea iiiiaaai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001 1011010110 1011010101 110101 10010100 11010101 110101001 111101 110101 0101110101 0101010101 110111 01010101 11010101 101010101 110101 010101 11011010101 1101100101 010101 11001101 01111111 111100101 111111 010101 11001010101 1101010001 110101 11011101 11011101 11011111 110101 110101 1101010101 1101010101 110101 01011101 110010101 110000111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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