This is an analysis of the poem The Angel Of The Sun that begins with:

WHILE bending o'er my golden lyre,
While waving light my wing of fire ;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaacXaaddeXccff gggghhiijjaakkffllee hhmmnnnXccooddggffaa ppaajjqqjjjjcchhXXba jjnnddmmgg eeeeddaa aammXaeX ggccjjggcc ggqqppffmmllhhddaa eeeeddnnmmeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,20,20,20,10,8,8,10,18,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101101 110111010 1010001 01010001 110010100 11010110 01010101 01010111 10011001 11110101 110111001 11111110 101010101 11000101 11010101 11110101 101010101 11010101 11110101 11111101 10111101 10111101 110101010 111101010 11110101 010101001 11101101 11111011 101010101 11011001 11111111 11010101 11110101 01010111 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010001 11010101 111010101 10110101 10010111 11110101 011101100 11010001 1101011001 11100111 10010101 11010101 01010111 11011111 110101001 11011101 010110001 11111101 01010001 11111101 01010111 10110101 11100101 00111101 11110101 10010111 01000111 01010111 11010101 11011111 11010001 110101001 01110101 01010111 01001101 11111101 11010101 110111010 11010101 11110101 11010001 11011101 11110101 110110101 01010101 110101010 011011010 01110111 11010101 11010001 11010111 11010101 01010101 111101101 11110111 11011101 11011001 11011101 11010101 11010111 11100101 110111110 11010111 11011101 11011101 110101010 10110101 11110101 01010111 11010101 11010101 11010111 11111101 11010101 01111101 11110101 11010101 11111101 01010101 11110001 01110111 11110101 11011101 110101001 110101001 11010101 111010101 11110101 11110101 11111101 110011101 111110101 01011101 1011010101 01110101 101110101 01100101 11110101 01010111 01001101 11100111 11010101 1101101 11011101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 527
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 142
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, so, how, that, see, nor, who, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words while, to, oh, how, see, that, who, soon are repeated.

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