This is an analysis of the poem The Long Regret that begins with:

Two angels stood without The City's gate
And down beside the wall where ran a stream,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc cccdadceXbaeaccXfdacXgddhfXhcXXgcaah cdXXchga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,36,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101011101 1111010111 1101010101 1100010011 1111010101 1011010101 1100110001 1100010001 1001011101 1011101111 0101110101 0101011101 1111010111 1101010101 1101000101 1101010001 1101011101 11110100000 1101011101 0100011101 0100010100 0100010101 0101101000 01001011111 0101010101 1101000101 0101110001 0111000101 11110011101 1011001101 1101111101 1111100001 1100111100 10100100111 0101110101 0101011101 1100010101 1001 110111 11000110101 1011001110 11101010001 1101110101 1110010101 1001110111 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, to, his, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Long Regret;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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