This is an analysis of the poem The Terrestrial Paradise. (From Dante. Purgatorio, Xxviii.) that begins with:

Longing already to search in and round
The heavenly forest, dense and living-green,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdebafdabgegXXffXXbcahfXXhXghb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001011 01001011101 1100010101 1001011101 10010101010 10011101110 01010111010 10011101010 11001100101 10010010100 01001100111 10111101010 1101010101 1101010111 1101001101 10110101001 10011001010 11010010011 101010101001 10110101010 1101000100 0101111111 0001011111 11110111110 11110111010 1101100101 1101110101 1101111101 11010101110 0101110101 11011001110 10010100110 1001101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1461
  • Average number of words per stanza: 258
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; their is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Terrestrial Paradise. (From Dante. Purgatorio, Xxviii.);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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