This is an analysis of the poem Kora In Hell: Improvisations I that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X a X X Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111110110100001101011010010101101010101001101101001010110001100110 1 110110100111010101110110111111101011011000110110100001001101101001011101001011000010010110111111110111011111111011101011111110111101110110001101101010110111101101011110111010100100011101101011100111111110101011 1 11101101010100100010010110110101011010010011101100101110110100100111110011011101011101011010010101010101010011111111000111010101110111111011100111010 010111001011011010010101011001010110110100110111001011011011001110001101101100100100101110010100101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 183 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 33
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for, at, in, to, with, of, on, housemaids, i, her, doorknobs, you, whistling are repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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  • summary of Kora In Hell: Improvisations I;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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