This is an analysis of the poem Vision Of Columbus - Book 8 that begins with:

And now the Angel, from the trembling sight,
Veil'd the wide world–when sudden shades of night... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbaabbddeeccffbbggeeggXhiijjeeffggkkeeiibbeeeelleebbmnXaooeeXeiicciieenmXacccceeccaannXiiinmbbiibbhhccjjbbeeeebbhhiXggnnjjiijjiimneeccnneeeeaabbcciibbhhbniiiibbhhkkeejjiicchheecciinnXiaacceeiijjeeXhnneejjnnnmiinnmnbbhhiinnggbbeeeebbnnnneeXippiieeppe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 570,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 25933
  • Average number of words per stanza: 4386
  • Amount of lines: 570
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; to, and, their, of, her, with, taught, in, no, what, his, some, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, when, the, she, with, nor, what, and, if, from, no, some, he, in are repeated.

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  • summary of Vision Of Columbus - Book 8;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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