This is an analysis of the poem To Angela that begins with:

1
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 a d a a c X a a X X X X e a b a f d f G X GXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010000101 010100101110 1001001110 1011011101001 11010110010 011100101 110110101010 101101010100 0111001101 11101100010 0101101011 1 01111010 100111010 11111001 010101110 01111000101 11001010010111 01010101110 1010111101010 0101010100100 00101101100 101101011 1 0110100010 01101011 1100011001 11100100110 01000101 0101011110 0010110111 10100101111 0101110001 10100101111 1010010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 39
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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

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  • summary of To Angela;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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