This is an analysis of the poem The Thought-Reader Of Angels that begins with:
REPORTED BY TRUTHFUL JAMES
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aXabXb cdcded dfdXgf hihiei ajXjij kjkjfX XjXjXX kkkkjk jajXka ajajkj khkhgh jfjfjX hjhjgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101101 111011 111001 111111 111001 111111001011111 1111 101011 111011 101011 001011 111001111010110100 1 011001 011001 111111 001011 1110111110111110 11 101011 011111 011111 111101 10101101101110 1101 111111 111110 111110 11011 11100111101011011 01 111111 111011 101111 101001 101101101011011 1100 011011 111001 001101 101111 001011101011100110 1 111001 1100001 111011 011011 10111001101011 01111 111111 101111 111101 1110110 111101111010111 1011 111101 001001 111111 101111 1011010110111011 1111 111011 111111 111011 111011 11101101101111001 11 101111 011011 101011 101101 101101111011101 1010 101101 001111 111000 111001 10111101111111 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 79
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and, it, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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