This is an analysis of the poem The Two Angels. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First) that begins with:

Two angels, one of Life and one of Death,
Passed o'er our village as the morning broke;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd edeX Xbfb Xgeg dhdh didi gaga cgcg iiii fXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 11011010101 0111110101 0110100101 1101111001 0111011101 11110101101 1101001101 1101110101 1110111101 1111111101 0111010111 1111010100 0101110101 1111011101 0101011111 1101010100 0101010101 1101111101 1101011101 01110011001 1101111111 1101001111 1100011001 1001110101 11001111011 1111010101 1001010011 11111111111 0100010001 1001010101 1001110111 1101010101 0111110111 1100111101 1101011110 1001011101 0101011111 1001011111 1111000101 1001110110 01011111110 1111110100 0101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, their, and, with, i, to, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Two Angels. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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