This is an analysis of the poem Paradise Lost: Book 11 that begins with:

Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn
From his displeasure; in whose look serene, ... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 925,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 41134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7118
  • Amount of lines: 925
  • 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, with, to, him, as, of, all, in, his, thy, had, or, by, so, men, sea, be are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, that, thy, of, in, had, and are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases war, sea connect the lines.

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  • summary of Paradise Lost: Book 11;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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