This is an analysis of the poem The Angel's Kiss that begins with:

When darkness slowly fades from earth away,
And dawning shades are turning rosy gray, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbX ccbddb eebaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101110101 1101110101 111101011 10010111001 1111111111 0111011111 1101011101 1101111101 1111110101 0101011101 1111111101 1101010101 0101010101 1111111100 1111111101 1101110101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, my are repeated.

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