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

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X a X b bXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0111101110111110100101011110110000010001001010010101100101011110010101000101110101101011111110 011101100100101110010101010101101101111101111110010011010101001110110011011011111100111111010010011111010101001001001001110010001010 1 01010010110111010110010101011001000110010100110101111101100011100111010001000111011111011111111100 01010110100111011011010010100101010110100111110100010110001110111111101001010101011010100011101000100110110011100100111010111010011 100110011111111110101101101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 151 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 28
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; has, to, of, he, at, his, and, in, by 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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