This is an analysis of the poem The Angel Of The Doves that begins with:

The angels stood in the court of the King,
And into the midst, through the open door,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dXde fgfg fafa ggGG adad bfbfcece gg GG eeee hihi ejej eXed gigi eeee cgcg gcgc eded Xfe f kfkf fgfg fhfh fefe lflX mgmg egeg meme jeje lglg bgbg jgjg Xgcgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,2,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101001001 1000110101 10111101 100110101 101111011 111011001 001001101001 1010100100 10111001001 101111110 1100111101 10110101101 1010110111 101101101 110110100001 1001001001001 10101101001 1101101001 111101001011 00111101001 101110101 0111101010 11111101 1111101010 1010110101 100111001 101110011 10100101111 1110101001 11001001001 0010110111 010100101 11111101001 10100100111 111101001001 0010100111 11110011011 111001101010 11111101 1111101010 110111101 0011010101 111101001 10010101 1101111101 111110111 100101100 0100101101 1001001001 1010011111 1101110101 10010101 110011111 100100110 1101001011 0100100100 110101111 11110101 1101011001 010100101 1110110101 1100111101 111010101 0100110101 1111101001 100101101 101001001001 110110101 111111101 1011100101 111100101 1111001001 1110110101 1110111011 0111100111 101101001001 101010100110 110101111 110110101 1010111101 11111101011 0011110101 11011100 1101011001 1001100101 101001001001 11111001011 111111101 101101101 10100100101 1100101111 010100110 1110101101 1100111011 111011100101 10110101 10101001011 101111111 1011100101 1100110101 11001101011 1110100101 11111111001 111110101 10110101 1010011101 1010010101 0111101001 1111101001 101110101 111111001 10110111001 110111101 111100101 10100101111 1010110101 101111011 011110101 011010100111 011110111 100100111 011101111 100100101 1101111001 1001011111 110101101 1100101111 0101111111 1001111001 1100100101 110110101 1100111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 134
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, of, i, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and 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 is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases dove, connect the lines.

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