This is an analysis of the poem The Earthly Paradise: Apology that begins with:

Of Heaven or Hell I have no power to sing,
I cannot ease the burden of your fears,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcC dcdcccC efeffcc ghghXcc aiaiicc bcXcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010111111001 1101010011 1111010101 1101010010 1111110111 1101111111 0101001101 1101100011 0111010111 1101010101 11000110101 1011010111 0101010111 0101001101 01010001001 1111111111 11010111001 111101010 0111011101 11111100101 0111001101 1001110111 1111010101 10011111001 10110101001 1001111000 0110010101 1101001101 1101000101 1101110101 11110110001 1101010101 1101010101 1101100101 1011010101 1001010100 0101101101 11010100101 1001000101 1101110110 11001010111 1011001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, the, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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