Analysis of The Angel that presided o'er my birth
William Blake 1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)
The Angel that presided o'er my birth
Said, 'Little creature, form'd of Joy and Mirth,
'Go love without the help of any Thing on Earth.'
| Scheme | AAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet Triplet |
| Metre | 01010101011 1101011101 110101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 142 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 29, 2023
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