This is an analysis of the poem Love In Hades. that begins with:

I saw Love pass with Charon down
The pale infernal tide,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXefefgfgcgcgfefefdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 010101 01000101 111111 01110111 101101 10110111 011111 00011111 011111 11111101 111100 11011111 010111 11111101 001111 11111101 011101 01010101 111101 11110111 010101 11111001 000100 11011101 0001001 11011111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 893
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Love In Hades.;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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