This is an analysis of the poem A Brand Plucked Out Of The Fire that begins with:

With Satan, my accuser, near
My spirit trembled when I saw... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caXa dddd efef cgcX cfcf hghg ifif
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 11010111 01010001 11010001 01111101 01010111 11110101 11110001 11110101 11110101 11010101 11010101 00011101 01011101 01110101 11011111 10010101 11011101 11010111 00110100 11010101 11111101 11111101 11110101 11111101 11111111 01100101 11110101 11011111 01011111 10110001 11110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i is repeated.

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