This is an analysis of the poem The Child-Angel that begins with:

They clamour and fight, they doubt and despair, they know no end
to their wrangling....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXaXdcbXcbdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11011111011111 01100 1111010101011 110001110100010 111001111101111 1011011 1110111011111 1101101010010100 101001001 1011111111010 0111011111110 111110010001001 111110111110100 1011111111010010 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 806
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, their, of are repeated.

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