This is an analysis of the poem Mary Magdalene At The Door Of Simon The Pharisee. that begins with:
“WHY wilt thou cast the roses from thine hair?
Nay, be thou all a rose,—wreath, lips, and cheek.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaccdcXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111010011 1011011111 1101110111 1111110111 01001011101 11111100111 1111110101 1111111101 1111111111 1110110111 1111110111 1111110111 1111111100 1111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 675
- Average number of words per stanza: 132
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nay is repeated.
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