This is an analysis of Satana by Arthur Henry Adams.

SHE draws all men to serve her, and her lure
Is her pulsating human loveliness—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaXccdbdaedfedeeafae
  • Stanza lengths: 22,
  • Metre: 1111010101 00110101000 01000101001 0101000101 1110010101 0101010001 1101010101 10110101010 1001111101 11110101010 1111010001 1101111011 11110011010 1101000111 1111010111 01010111010 0101110101 1101000101 1011010111 0101011111 0101010101 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

her, and, me

Anaphora

the, by, and