This is an analysis of the poem The Fallen Angels that begins with:

They come on to my clean
sheet of paper and leave a Rorschach blot....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaacdebebfb ccXbXdXdXXdg fXXdbgehX ghfhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,9,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 1010110111 11110001 11001101 1111101011 010011101 10111 110 11110 1111 1001011010 10101 110110111 11110010 1000101 11111 101110 110010 01111010 10111 1011 0010011 1101110010 1101010100 1111100 11011 111110 1010110 11010010 1011101 1011 110101 110110 11010 0010011 101010 01111 0001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.

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  • summary of The Fallen Angels;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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