This is an analysis of the poem Cantiga De Santa Maria No. 194 that begins with:

Just as the name of the Virgin is beautiful to the virtuous,
so against evil doers it is mighty and fearful. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcA bA XA aA cA XA XA XA XAXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010010000100 10110100010110 01000100100010101000101110111100010110100100101 11010010010000100 111111101111011110001010101100101101001101110100110110 11010010010000100 01001000111110010100100101101010100110011011111110011001 11010010010000100 110010001101011001011001111111101111110010111110011101 11010010010000100 111110110111101011110011010010011011100101010011010 11010010010000100 101010010111111110111111101011011010010110101110100001001 11010010010000100 111011011011001111001010111110011011101111110101101 11010010010000100 011101111110011101110111001011100101101110101101 11010010010000100 11110110101001001100010010110101100010110010110110111100101010 11010010010000100 010110110101001001001001011100111101000101100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1399
  • Average number of words per stanza: 264
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 92 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 18
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, that, and, him, he, in, as, his, virgin, would, they, all, not, name are repeated.

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  • summary of Cantiga De Santa Maria No. 194;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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