This is an analysis of the poem Of The Visage Of Things that begins with:

OF the visages of things--And of piercing through to the accepted
hells beneath;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100011010100010 101 01000110111001100 1011010001010001000 1 00101001010101101001 11101010111010011 11111 010001101110100100100 11010001001010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 552
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • 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; of, to, persons are repeated.

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