This is an analysis of the poem Madeline In Church that begins with:

Here, in the darkness, where this plaster saint
Stands nearer than God stands to our distress,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcccdaddaad ebbebbbaabXbffXaadghdhcciiiccciiccc adadhffhhhaaajbjabkdkXllljdjlffdlkkd dadamjmjnn hciccXighceeX cioccopccXcp lqlqddll fflllllfflchhbbaaeeeXffeeccaaii alabllgllXeelbbiaaieehhchc iiffeeinXl cgcXrr llllepprreXclcXeeeefcocf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,35,36,10,13,12,8,31,26,10,6,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010101 1101110101 1111011111 1011010000 110111010101 11010101 01011111 1101 11011101 01110111 11110101 01110111 11001101 11110011 01111101100101111011 11010101 01001010101 111100111 01010001 1101101 101101110101 11010111111111 110111110101 0111011101 11010110111100 110111111101 0101110011 1111010011 01011101010110 1111110100110101 10110101 111100111 0101001110 11111111 0101111101 1101011101 1111100101 0101010101011111 11011101 010011111 11110111 111101111 11011111 11111111 11110111 11111101 1110111101 1111111101 00110101 111111111011111 101111111101010001 0110110010 111111010101110111 11101 010101010100001 011101 01001010111 101111011101 01011110110110010111 111101010110011 0101111111 110001111110110001 11110111 111111 1101 1111010010011 1111 010110110110101 10101 1001010111 1000100 00010111010001101 111101010101 1111010101 0100111 0111111110101 11000110101 0001011101 1101111111 0111011101 11111101 0111010101 1101010101 1011011011111 11110010111 100100110111 001101010101 010111010101 1101010111110111 0101110111001 01010100101 1100111001 010111010111 10111011 111101010011111 10011111010111 1101001111110001 1101010011 11110101 11110111 01011011110 11010111010101 1111011000 10011001 011100111001 0101110111 11101111 110011011111 101111111101110111 100111011001011101 010101010110011100 011111011111011101 111111111111011101 1010110001010100 010101011111101111101 111101001101010101 110101011101110111 111001010101 11001011010101001 01111001 101010110101 100101010111010111 1010111111010101010101 111100101 11011111 1000011111 1111100100010101 111101010001110101 1111000111 0101010001 1111111101010001 11111001001 0110101 11000101110101 1101010101 0111011111 011101111101 1101010011101 0101110101 11110111 10010001 100111 100101111001 1001110111 1111010101 101101010011 11010101010101 100101011111 11110110111111111110 1001110101 0111111011011101 00100111100110111101 11010101010101 011111101101 11010100 01100101 11011111 11100111 0101111001 1111010111 1101011110110 1111001110111101 11001111010101 11111111 11111111 01110111100 110110010101 1101011101 1001011101 10010111 1111110101 10101111 11011101 11111110 01110111101 10111101 010011110101 1111010101 11010011 11011101 101111111001 11011101 1100110101011101 1111011111 110101111101 0111101101 110101011111 0101111101 0001010101010001 1111010101 0111010111 110011010111 11110100100101111101 1111010011010101100 111100001110101 110101011111000111 00010100010111011111010 11101 10111110011001111 111 11010111110101001101 1111010111010101 010110000111110111 101001111110100101 11110100 1111010111101 1101101010101 010011101 01111101 1010110101 0111101 010010010011000 101111101100 0101011101100101 11111 1101011001011101 11111101011111 11010111010101 10010100110111 110101111111010101 11111101 11010111111100 0111010101 101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 165
  • Amount of lines: 224
  • Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, we, how, you, can, own, my, our, only, old, at, i, to, his, in, or, there, be, she, not, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, nothing are repeated.

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