Analysis of Hell's Inferno

Anthony Cochran 1982 (Chicago)



Surrounded by a towering inferno
My life is hell in the making
I have nowhere to hide and no place to go
And it feels like my insides are baking
The flames grow higher as they devour
As the smoke dances like gray ghosts in the skies
And as I am down to my last hour
I still can believe what I'm seeing with my eyes
For there he stands laughing and full of evil
There is no denying it this is no illusion
For the man laughing is surely the devil
And I have come to the dreadful conclusion
That I'm down to my last breath
And he is her to witness my death


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG
Poetic Form Shakespearean sonnet  (86%)
Metre 01010100010 11110010 1111101111 0111101110 0111011010 10110111001 0111111110 111011110111 11111001110 1110101111010 10110110010 01111010010 1111111 011011011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 553
Words 115
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 437
Words per stanza (avg) 115
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