This is an analysis of the poem The Two Guides Of Life - The Sublime And The Beautiful that begins with:

Two genii are there, from thy birth through weary life to guide thee;
Ah, happy when, united both, they stand to aid beside thee?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110110111101011 110101011101011 010101010111010 110101010100110 01111011100101 1101001010100101 01010111110101 11100101010101 10010101110101 11011001110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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