This is an analysis of the poem The Influence Of Lust that begins with:

With padded feet from out his own dark den
Comes smiling Lust, once fair and hard to...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaXcdcdbebeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0101010111 110111110 1 11110101001 111100110010 1001010101 1101110101 1101010100 0101001101 0101101101 1101100001 11010011111 11011001101 1101001101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Influence Of Lust;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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