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

Now the storm begins to lower,
(Haste, the loom of Hell prepares!)... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abac dede fgfg chch gigj khkh Cici gggg lclC meme gggg ninj oeoe bhbh phphXgggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1010101 101010010 1000101 10010101 1010111 10100101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1110101 10100101 1110111 1011111 1010101 1001101 1010101 1010100 1010101 11101001 101001001 1011101 1010101 1111111 1110101 1110111 1010111 101010001 1001101 10010111 1010101 1011101 1010111 1010101 1110101 1010101 1110111 10010001 1010101 10100101 1010101 1011101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010100 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1011101 10001001 1000101 1011101 1010011 1011101 1110101 1010101 10100101 1100101 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; where, to are repeated.

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

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

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