This is an analysis of the poem Orpheus In Hell that begins with:

When he first brought his music into hell
He was absurdly confident. Even over the noise of the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbcbaXcXXXcXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010001 1101010010100100 1010 101110001 10011100101 11101010 0110110101010 101011010110110 100010100110 1111111 110101110110 110010101110110 100 11101001 1010110111011 101101011110 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 713
  • Average number of words per stanza: 130
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; he is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word was is repeated.

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