This is an analysis of the poem The Kings that begins with:
A man said unto his Angel:
"My spirits are fallen low, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdaX aaea fcXc efgf ehdh ffXf aded eagX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110010 10101101 111010010 1101111 11001111 0111101 01110010 11111010 11001010 10100101 1001110 0110101 101101010 1101111 11101010 0110101 100001010 1100101 0101010 0101111 101001110 1111001 11010010 10100101 101001010 11001010 11001011 0111101 101001010 1100101 11001010 0110101 101110010 1100111 1101010 11001010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, fighting are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to are repeated.
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- summary of The Kings;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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