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

A PICTURE AT FANO.
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  • Rhyme scheme: X a babcddb X efXfdde X ghghiig X jfjfddj a gfgfccg a kakallk X jejeiej XXcdadgga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010110 1 1111011101 1111110111 1111011111 1101110100 11110101010 11110101110 0101010101 1 1111111111 0111010111 11001101010 0111010111 11111111110 11010111010 110111111001 1 1111110111 01011011111 1111110101 1101111111 11111011010 11010111010 1111101101 1 0011010111 1101111101 1101110111 1001111101 10010101110 010111001110 1111010101 1 1111011001 1111110111 1111011111 10110011001 11111101010 11000111010 1101011101 1 1001010111 1011110101 1001011101 1100011101 10011111011 01011101100101 1111110101 1 1011011111 0111100101 1101001110 1100111111 11100101010 1101010101 1001010100 1 1110111100 1111110111 1111010101 1101010001 1101111111 1101011111 0001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).

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