This is an analysis of the poem To Angela (2nd Version) that begins with:

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A lonely destiny in abandoned rooms....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a a a b c X a X X d d X d e f a b a X d X e a X a d a a c f a X X X X X g a g a X d d h a aXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 01010000101 010100101110 11010100100 1011011101001 11010110010 0111001101 110110101010 101101010100 0111001101 11101100010 0101101011 1 00100101101 010110011010 0111101010 011101001111 1011101001 011100111 0101011010 011010010 111110101001 1010011100100 10010010101 1 01111010 010111010 11111001 010101110 01111000101 11001010010111 01010101101 101010001100 0101010100100 00101101100 101101011 1 01110100010 0110011 100110010 11100100110 01000101 1010000110 10101010101 10100101111 1001101001 010100100010 0100101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 48
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 38
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words a, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of To Angela (2nd Version);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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