This is an analysis of the poem The angels elect and the blessed spirits, that begins with:

‘Li angeli electi et l'anime beate'
The angels elect and the blessed spirits,...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaaXXbXaaXXbXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010011010 0100110110 100010010110 101001100 111111011 110011110 11010110101 1110111010 0011100101 1001010110110 100110100 11010111 100101110001101 11111101010110 111010110101 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; to is repeated.

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