This is an analysis of the poem Spirits that begins with:

Angel spirits of sleep,
White-robed, with silver hair, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abbaccc Abbadbbdbaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001 110101 01111 10111 10111 10101 10101 101001 10001 00101 00101 11111 11111 11101 01111 11111 111001 10101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Spirits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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