This is an analysis of the poem Laus Mariae that begins with:

Across the brook of Time man leaping goes
On stepping-stones of epochs, that uprise... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbbbccccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101011101 1101010110 1100011101 01011110000 11111111001 1101010101 0101100101 1011000101 1101110111 10100011101 11011011011 1111001101 1111010100 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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