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

The mirror of men's eyes delights me less,
O mirror, than the friend I find in thee;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cdcd eeee fgfg Xhdh hfhf ijij fXff Xhbh ckck lXlh abXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100110111 1101011101 11011111000 110110101 10110111110 0101011111 11010011010 11101001 1101010001 11010111001 1111010111 01001111 10010010100 1101010001 10110010100 101111 11110100101 1111011111 11010100101 111100111 01000101001 1101110101 01010000101 110101 1001011101 1001110101 1101010111 110110111 1111111101 01110101101 11010100101 110111 01010111000 11000110001 1111110101 11111101 10111111010 11100010111 11010011110 011100 1111010001 1101111100 1101111111 10111111 1111110101 0110111101 11110111000 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, to, and, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, i, mine are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Laus Virginitatis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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