This is an analysis of the poem To My Guardian Angel that begins with:
Merciful spirit! who thy bright throne above
Hast left, to wander through this dismal earth... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdccdcddee
- 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: 10010111101 1101010101 0111011001 110011101011 1111100111 11110100111 1001010101 1111011101 0111110101 1100111111 1101100001 100111100101 1111010101 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
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