This is an analysis of the poem Angel Faces that begins with:

I.
I SHALL not paint them. God them sees, and I: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abbaaccaddeffe X faaffccfddeXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1111010111 1101111111 1111010101 1111011011 1100110111 1111111101 1111010111 0101110111 11010101011 0101110011 1100010111 11110100101 1011010111 01101110111 1 1001110101 01010111001 1111110101 10001000111 1001011111 11110100101 1011000101 10010010101 0101111111 1101011101 01010010101 1101011111 111011011100 111111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; i, them are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines i is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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