This is an analysis of the poem Columbia's Guardian Angels that begins with:
An echo floats down from the mountains,
And finds on the prairies release;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX XdD XdD XXac acec Xfbf adedXafcf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110110010 11101001 110110010 01000100100 010011011110 110110101101 11011011011011 110110011110 01100101111 11011011011011 1000100100 10101101000 010010010 010110001 010110010 01001001 010010110 01011001 011010010 01001001 110110010 01001001 111010110 11101101 011111110 11001001 111010010 1101001 01110010 0110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; coming, us are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they are repeated.
The author used the same words the, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines more is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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