This is an analysis of the poem Paradise Lost: Book 10 that begins with:

Mean while the heinous and despiteful act
Of Satan, done in Paradise; and how ... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1073,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 47411
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8142
  • Amount of lines: 1073
  • 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; and, his, thy, to, or, thee, thou, my, so, with, of, as, one, ye, what, me, bruise, down, their, they, in, on, i, but, not, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, as, and, to, his, with, by, found, my are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines felt is repeated).

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