This is an analysis of the poem The Gate that begins with:

Lasciate ogni speranza
Voi ch'entrate...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX Xa Xb c De Xfg bef cDh fe acggie ggj c dd ed c Dbb ji fXhhhhah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,1,2,3,3,3,2,6,3,1,2,2,1,3,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 110 01011 11101 0010101000010 01001100 10 0111 1011 110010 11010 110100 010001010 1110100110100 10 10 0111 0110101 110110 1101001 110110101 110110 1011 1001 1110 0101 0101 0111 01000101 10 11001 01010 1010001 101111000 10 0111 10100100 1101100 11010 110 1001 1 011 1011 1111 11 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases hell, stone connect the lines.

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

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