This is an analysis of the poem Ave that begins with:

Mother of the Fair Delight,
Thou handmaid perfect in God's sight,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcddaXeXccbffgghhbciihhjjkhdXllaabbjXXbXgmmkkaabbddaannhhdddXmmhhbbjjaaddddnnddllnneeooddddXdbbiiaaXaXnfXmmkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 112,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101 11001011 11010101 10010100 10010101 10010101 11100101 11110100 11011111 11110100 11100100 10001100 10111111 11111101 10110100 11111101 110111111 11110101 11010111 01010101 11010100 11010101 11000111 10010111 01101101 01010111 10110101 10011101 10101101 100010101 1111010 01001111 1011101 11100111 11111101 111100111 01110111 11011111 10010110 11011000 110010011 01010101 11011111 111101010 111111010 01111101 0101010 11111101 11110101 11111111 11000101 11010101 11111101 11010101 11111111 11110001 01111101 11111110 11010110 11011001 01110101 11011101 1010110 11110111 11000101 01010101 11010001 110101011 11010101 11010101 11001101 01111101 10010100 11111101 11111111 11010111 11010101 01110001 11110101 11011111 01010111 11010111 11011101 11011111 011011101 11110111 11110101 001010101 01000100 01111001 11011101 11000101 110101101 0101010 01110111 10110101 11111001 10011111 11110101 10100101 10011001 01000110 11000101 10010100 01010101 11010011 01011011 1111101 11111101 00111111 10100101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3917
  • Average number of words per stanza: 713
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thou is repeated.

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