This is an analysis of the poem Heaven In Hell that begins with:

If the dread all-seeing stars,
Ringed Saturn and ruddy Mars...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXeebbffccggddhhaXiiggbbggjj XXbbffkkaahhccaalhhaabbggkkhhaahhggaaggmmggaanncXooppmmddcaibbgghhjjggccaabbbbeeccXm bXllXdaahXiiiihhggccaappcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,84,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011101 1101101 110101010 110101010 110010011 01010001 11111101 01101100 01110001 11110111 11100101 010010101 11011111 01010111 110010111 110010101 11110111 0100101111 01111101 11111111 11110111 11110111 10011111 01011100 110011111 11111101 11111011 11110011 110100110 0101011110 01110111 0101001001 11010101 100000101 11010001 10010100 11010001 11010101 10010001 11010101 00110101 11110101 01011101 110010101 11110111 1101001 10111100 01100011 010001101 01110111 10110001 01110101 010100101 11011100 11110101 10011101 01110101 01111111 11111101 010010011 01010101 01011111 00110001 11010101 11001101 10110101 01010101 01110111 01110101 10011111 10110101 10010111 110010111 01110101 111100111 11010011 010011111 010101001 11111101 11011101 11110101 01010101 1101100 11010101 11111101 1111110010 110001110 11111101 01101101 01110111 11011101 11110101 1010101 11110101 101111010 111111110 11010101 11010111 11011100 10001011 11110101 11010011 11110111 101111001 11111111 10011111 11010111 10010101 100101010 110111010 11011101 01011011 10100111 011101111 10101101 011110100 011101100 111101111 100100110 010101100 11010111 11010111 01110100 100011001 1010100110 10001010 01011101 10110101 01010011 10110101 110111001 10010101 10111111 11110001 11110111 11010101 110100101 01011011 10110101 10101100 110111010 11001110010 011101001 010100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1656
  • Average number of words per stanza: 309
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, of, to, in, that are repeated.

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

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