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

1 When the last faint red of the day is dead,
2 And the dim, far heaven is lit...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccb dbeeb caXXa fbggb cfXef heiie hfggX bahha ehjjh caiiX Xhffh fbbbbXbdffd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100101 110111001 100101 1001011 110111011 111110101101 110101001 111111 100101 100100101 11111100101 111001001 110101 101101 110100101 1110110101 10010101 111001 1010001 1111011001 11111100101 110100101 111101 10101 1011101 11111110101 10100101 1101001 10010001 1100111 111001101001 110101001 110101 100101 110101110 1101111101001 1101001001 111001 111001 11001001 11101111001 101001001 1101001 1101011 110010100001 111011101101 1001011001 111001 111111 1101011100 11110110110101 11110101 1101101 111101 1100101 111101101110110 100111001 1111111 111101 11100111 11111111101 110101111 1101001 100101 11100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, in, i are repeated.

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  • summary of The Avenging Angel;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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