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

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X X X a X Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11101101001010101011101100100010101010101111100100100101100101010010010111101001101110110101001111011101011110101111110001 0110101011111011101010101111100110010100011001000111101011010101110100101010001110101010011010101001001000110010001011000011010 1 11111110011011010101101111011110110111111110011111101110001110011111010110111011101101010101101010111110010101011111 0101000101011110111010101010110100101101010011101010011110101011010010100101001101010011110101000110110 1 1111110111101010110101000111101011111100001010110101011010111010110101101000100101111101010101001001100111101010101101011010101100101011010000010111111010000101111010011010001011101101110010010111111110110100110110101011111010011011001111111111111101110100110111000101101110010001110010111111110101001011101001010100110100110111111110011111110010001000111101000100111101000100001011010001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 235 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 45
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, one, all, that, and, to, his, but, way 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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