This is an analysis of the poem The Man To The Angel that begins with:

I HAVE wept a million tears:
Pure and proud one, where are thine, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab baba cdcd ebeb bfbf bgbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1111111 1011110 0010101 1110101 1110111 1110100 0010001 1110101 1110101 1010111 1010111 11011001 1111101 11101111 1010101 1101101 1110101 11100001 1000101 1010101 1010111 1010001 1000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Man To The Angel;
  • central theme;
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