This is an analysis of The Boy And The Angel by Robert Browning.

Morning, evening, noon and night,
``Praise God!; sang Theocrite.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aX bb cc bX dd ee ff gX fX ee Xf aX hh cc aX dd ff aa ee ii dd XX cc gg fX XX ii bb ii Xi bb cc ii aa ee ee fX ggXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Metre: 1010111 11110 1001111 01010111 11100111 10010111 11011100 111111 11010111 11010101 110100111 11111111 11101101 01010111 01010111 10101010 1101111 11111111 1111 11011 01010110 01001101 110101111 11010110 110010101 1011101 10010101 11110101 11010111 1101010 10010111 01110101 01011101 00010001 110100111 11011110 10100111 01011001 11010011 10110011 111111 11101101 1011101 111101010 111100111 01010101 11011101 11011101 0010111 0110100 0010101 101110 110101 110111 11011101 11010101 10011111 11000111 11000101 11011111 0010111 11010101 11101101 11111011 10111101 111101001 11011101 10101 111101 01011101 01110101 1110101 10011101 101010101 101111 01110101 11010101 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 39
  • Lines: 78

Repeated words/phrases

day, and, in, his

Anaphora

the, and