This is an analysis of the poem Touched By An Angel that begins with:
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXaX bXXXXcb Xadecede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010010 11001 11010100 0111011010 110011 01011001 101 10011100 1100010 1010001 10111 11010101 011 111010100 001011 1101 110011 111111 10100 100101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
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- summary of Touched By An Angel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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