This is an analysis of the poem Sancta Maria, Succurre Miseris that begins with:
Dear Virgin Mary, far away,
Look down from Heaven while I pray.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaa bbccaa ddaaee bbffee aaffXX fffffX ggeegg aahhgg bbiicc jjhhgg ggffhh ffffaa cchhcc kkbbjj ccaajj hhjjggXjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 11010111 101101001 11110101 11110010 01110101 11010111 01010011 11011101 11010101 00010111 11010001 11110101 11111101 01011101 11011001 11110011 11011111 1011101 110010111 11010101 11011111 11010101 11011101 1110100111 10010111 100100101 100110101 0101001001 1110110111 11011111 1110111101 1101101111 10111111 01111101 1010010111 1110111111 0011110111 001110101 1100101101 001011111 111011011 111011101 01100111100 0110011111 1011100101 111010101 1100111011 011101111 11001111 111010101 110110011 100101111 010110101 10011111 10101100101 111100111 01110101 011110101 110001111 111101110 01001001010 100100101 100100101 1011001110 0101001110 11010111 11010111 11111111 11110101 11010101 10110111 100101101 111110101 110100101 101001111 11000101 11011101 11010111 1100100111 10010111 111101111 010100101 111100111 11111101 111101110 10010101 1011101 1110101 1011111 010101111 1011010111 011100101 1010111001 11100101 010110101 010101101 010111111
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- 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; i, and, of, he, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'll, the are repeated.
The author used the same words i'll, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words me, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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