This is an analysis of the poem Paradise Lost: Book 03 that begins with:

Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven firstborn,
Or of the Eternal coeternal beam ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdXbaecfcghcaicahjkaaXicljmkcaEXhnhhioaoapaipXccoelcnedkahccXkcnnhickchXidXpqooeohkdchrecohlcdclohlinhnheXrhochdhXcXcalkaqdhllhemlahchaaehephEelhacaahiqcalXblhXXhmehcaclhldkhohklkdelhXepekkcchianecilhgoalccdbdmnbnijchschlhahedolXhccgjlnddqgenkhnllklfhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 281,462,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 32926
  • Average number of words per stanza: 5625
  • Amount of lines: 744
  • 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; light, and, to, or, his, who, stood, what, they, their, thy, my, son, me, but, for, be, as, from, all, of, pass, happy, with, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, his, to, as, so, adore, and, the, over, of, if are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines light, love, grace, due are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases die, love, none connect the lines.

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