This is an analysis of the poem Barley-Break; Or, Last In Hell that begins with:
We two are last in hell; what may we fear
To be tormented or kept pris'ners here I... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011111 00110111011 0101000101 1101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.
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