This is an analysis of the poem Evil Land that begins with:

We meet in an evil land
That is near to the gates of hell. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab acaaXddXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1101101 10100101 111101 0101101 11101111 1101011 110101 0101001 011101 1010011100 1111101 011111 0101100 011111 111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dead is repeated).

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