This is an analysis of the poem Ave Maria that begins with:
In the ages of Faith, before the day
When men were too proud to weep or pray,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccD XeeeffD ffgghhD iiccjjD kkccllD ggmmccD ccaaggD bbaakkD nnbbeeD mmbbaaD ccooaaD kkffeeX bbbbffDXccbbaaD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010010101 110110111 110011101 10101111 010110101 10110101 11010 1111001010 001110101 10010101 1111100101 111011111 100100111 11010 111111101 110111001 11001001001 1011010111 11110101 10011111 11010 110110101 1010110101 111011101 10101110111 010101111 1100100101 11010 10111111 10011101 11100101 1101100101 111101111 1100101001 11010 1101001001 110010101 1010100101 111010011 1111100101 0100100111 11010 10111001 11101100101 10111101 110011101 110101101 10100111 11010 111010101 1010010110 101000110101 0010110101 1111110111 10111101 11010 1110100101 110110101 101001101 1101001001 110010001 111100111 11010 10010101 1110100101 1111010101 011011111 10110101 011101101 11010 1011100111 1011010101 10101000101 10010111 10010111 11110111 11010 11100111 10111101 11110101 110011101 11101101 110110101 1110 100101101 1110010111 111100101 1010101111 1010101101 1010100101 11010 100100111 010011111 10010101 01010011 11110101 11110101 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, his, or, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word maria at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase grew connects the lines.
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