This is an analysis of the poem View From The Top Of Black Comb that begins with:

THIS Height a ministering Angel might select:
For from the summit of BLACK COMB (dread name... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefeghggdaiiaXXXejbXaXhfcdjedX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010010101 1001001111 0101110101 0101010101 1101011101 11011101001 00110100001 1001011101 0101010111 0101010111 1001010111 0101010101 110010010101 1101010011 1001010111 1100100101 1111010111 11010111010 01011001001 0011010111 0100011101 0101011101 1010011101 0001000111 1101010101 1011010100 1011100101 1100011101 0101010101 0100110101 0111110101 0101010001 0110010100 01010100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1465
  • Average number of words per stanza: 241
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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 are repeated.

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  • summary of View From The Top Of Black Comb;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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