This is an analysis of the poem A Woman's Love that begins with:
A sentinel angel sitting high in glory
Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory: ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ddX eeX ffX ggg hhh ccX ddX iiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010101010 10111101010 101010101110 101110100111 1111011101 1101111101 10111010101 1111111110 1111111111 10101111101 11011101101 010100010110 110100101001 1111010101 100110011000 11111011111 1101011111 11111001010 0101110001 1101010101 1111000101 11100101110 11010101010 11010101010 11101110101 0101010101 11011111010 11101110001 1101110110 01011101110 010101011110 00010111010 1100101000100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; for, death, and, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.
The author used the same words i, she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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