This is an analysis of the poem The Angel And The Girl that begins with:

The angel and the girl are met
Earth was the only meeting place....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababc dcbeXXXbbeXe fdfdaag ghbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,12,7,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 11010101 10010101 10010101 0010100101 11110101 10010101 1010101 110001100 11011100 01010101 101101000 01010001 10111101 10010101 110101010 11010101 11010111 00010101 10010101 01110001 10100101 1010101 110010101 11010101 11011101 110011001 10111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Angel And The Girl;
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  • history of its creation;
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