This is an analysis of the poem Down To The Mothers that begins with:
Linger no more, my beloved, by abbey and cell and cathedral;
Mourn not for holy ones mourning of old them who knew not the Father,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbacbXXXcdaXd X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010110111010 11110110010111010 100111101111000 1101100001110010 1101011111010110 11111101110101010 10011110101010 10010111110010111 1001011001110110 11101100111110 00010011111010010 1001011111010010 10011011110011010 10010111011001110 11110111010011011 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 519
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, childlike, in, of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word childlike is repeated.
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