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

Eternally the choking steam goes up
From the black pools of seething oil. . . . ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddefg hhhhhdiahiXijXcXkaXfXglmhlfeagfjkehcbhlhhlfimknfjmkcmiXjjiXn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,60,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100010111 00110101 110 110101110011 0111111111 1111010001 11111001010 11011101101 010011001010 100101010010 11001100011 0111010011 1101011100 1001101111 1101011101 1101111111 01111101001 1101010111 10010001110 1110010101 01010101110 1101010110 1101001100 10001000 1101010111 11 11111111 1101000101 1101 011101 1111 111001 0111111111 1101111001 0111000111 1101011101 1111011101 1111 1011110 1100010010010 0111100111 1011111001 1101001101 1001000100 11001110110 1011000101 1100010111 1011001101 11 11110101 1101001111 1111011111 1110110101 1001011111 0111011101 1011110101 1111010100 01101101010 11 11111100 11010010111 1001110111 11110 1101010 0111111100 1111110001 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 934
  • Average number of words per stanza: 157
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, look, all, of, and, i, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word eternally at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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