This is an analysis of the poem A Hymn To The Virgin that begins with:

OF on that is so fayr and bright
   Velut maris stella, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXccbcX dXdXccXbX ebeXfXXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101111 101010 1010101 10110 11001101 10011111 110 111101 10 101111 10100 111111 11100 0110101 1011101 100 0110100 100 10010011 1110 1110101 10100 011101 10010100 100 11101 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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