This is an analysis of the poem Third Sunday In Lent that begins with:

See Lucifer like lightning fall,
Dashed from his throne of pride;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedebb Xdfdaa ghghbb Xaiajj dkdkdd bXbjii ldldeXXfgfgdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 100101 1100101001 010101 0101111111 1100101011101 11011011 100101 11011111 111101 0101110111 001101010101 111101110 111111 110110101 011101 01110101010 1101010100111 11111101 0101001 1100100111 010001 11010011101 11001011100101 01010111 010101 01010101 110101 0111010101 10100101010001 11010101 0111001 100101001 110111 01011101001 11010010011101 01010101 1101010 110001001 110101 11010111010 1101110111010 11111101 010101 10100101 110011 1111011101 111101010100 110101001 1100101 11011101 111011 1111110011 101111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, their, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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