This is an analysis of the poem The Guardian Angel that begins with:
I'm the spirit Enimalina, thy guardian angel, and
Drawn hither by a subtle law but few can understand—...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaab cbXXA dcdbdA eaeXeA X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,6,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0010100001100101 11010101111101 01010100110101 1101010001 111111011110 1 11011101110101 0101110101111 11101010101 11100100010101 1111111100010 1 011111110111 11 11101010101 1111110101101 11111101011 101 11011001111010 1 11101010101 1
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thy are repeated.
The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word entwined at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Guardian Angel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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