This is an analysis of the poem Head, Perhaps Of An Angel that begins with:

limestone, with traces of polychromy, c. 1250
Point Dume was the point,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbX cccX ddbX eafa bceb gXha chei bcjj eXbb gXiX iXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100100011 11101 11111011 110111101 1001010 1110 111001101 001011101 1100 1001 0110110110 00101101 0111000 0110101 11100101001 01011110 0001 011 11011101 110101011 1101 1111 11001101 011110011 1111 1101 101010011 10110101 11110 0001 111010010 101111101 011001 0101 1010111101 010101110 01101 10111 111011011 1011101001010 100010 010 10101111 011100110000 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Head, Perhaps Of An Angel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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