Analysis of Dante's Untold Descent Into Hell



My decrepit soul is locked away,
Abased and versed, day by day,
Cursed to populate, this suppositious place,
My impalpable atrocities have been outraced,

My incomplete being wills, taunts, probes this place,
Willing to the gods, reticent actions hang untraced,
Ambient, hellish, afflicting screams; intolerable bedevilment by pernicious dreams,
Cogent reason has lost it's regime; Sane thoughts, tormented by ubiquitous fiends

Dark, undying embers blot out the sky,
The malevolent jinn cower, tremble, wry;
They sense their omnipotent leader drawing nigh:
Anon, I stare the Ruler of Demons in the eye.

I examine the face of Lucifer; The Father of Lies
Wrath, greed, pride; they lie under his eyes.

The Accuser opens his mouth to speak;
Blue flames protrude,
Loathsome imps cringe and shriek,

"Child, child, as you lie,
your hopeless offspring brace to die.
Child, child, as you lament,
Your kin, family, prepare their descent.
Child, child, do you know why,
Everyone you know, is damned to die?
Child, Child, this is why,
All your friends, believed my lie."


Scheme AABC BCXX DDDD EE FCF DCCCDCDD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 101011101 101111 1110111 110100111 10011011111 101011001011 10010010101000110101 1010111011110101001 1010101101 00100110101 111010010101 111010110001 101001110001011 111111011 0010101111 1101 101101 11111 1101111 111101 1110001101 111111 10111111 11111 1110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,033
Words 171
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2, 3, 8
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 139
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on April 11, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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