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

When day is ended, and grey twilight flies
On silent wings across the tired land,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab acXac dedde Xeaeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011111 1101010101 0101010001 0101000101 1001010001 0111010111 0101010101 1101011110 0100010111 1101110101 0101110101 1111110111 0101110101 0100110001 0101110101 10101111101 11010100010 1100011111 1100011101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, his, who are repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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