This is an analysis of The Angel Of The Sombre Cowl by Alma Frances McCollum.

When sight and sound, by Pain's oppressive hand,
Were dimmed, and low the shaded night-light burned,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXaaaXaaaaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 1111110101 0111010111 0101011111 0111100101 11010101110 0101010111 1111010111 0100010111 110001111 11111001011 1001010101 0100011111 0101110111 1100011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

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