This is an analysis of the poem Angel Whispers that begins with:

Dedicated To My Sister, Mrs. Sarah A. Ayres.
One beautiful evening in summer,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcaX defe dghg gdfd bgag ciXi Xcdc edgd baja ghkh kcjc kceX glklXgkek
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10000110101001 110010010 101011001 1111010110 111010101 10110011010 11001001 110110110 01001001 1110111011 1110101 0111010110 110011001 011110011 11001001 010010010 11011011 011010010 01011001 110010010 11001001 101011011 011011101 111010110 11011001 1011010011 010110011 011011011 01101001 1110010010 01101011 0111010011 11101111 10110111010 01001101 1110010110 11101001 1011010011 101001111 110010010 01011001 11010010010 11011001 1110100010 11101101 110010010 11101011 1010010011 11110001 1110111011 101011001 111110010 101101001 111111011 110110010 1110010010 111011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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 is repeated.

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

    The author used the same words the, ' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Angel Whispers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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