This is an analysis of the poem The Vision Of The Archangels that begins with:

Slowly up silent peaks, the white edge of the world,
Trod four archangels, clear against the unheeding sky, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc deedee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101101011001 1111010101001 1001010111110 010101010111 01110111101110 11001100011011 1110110101110 0001001100001 110011011101 101111110101 1101001010111 1111110101010 101111001101 0100101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 376
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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