This is an analysis of the poem To My Mother that begins with:

Because I feel that, in the Heavens above,
The angels, whispering to one another,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdbdbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01111001001 01010001010 1101110101 1101001101000 11111111111 1111110101 11110111011 0101010101 11011101110 1101001111 11000111110 11110101011 1101000111 1100111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 667
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; you, mother are repeated.

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

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