This is an analysis of the poem Ave Maria that begins with:
In the darkness of the night I wake and weep,
Ave Maria, hear my cry!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABaBcBcBbBbBbBbBdEdEXBXBXABaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00100011111 11010111 1110111101 11010111 1111011111 11010111 10010010011 11010111 11010011101 11010111 11100111101 11010111 11111010111 11010111 10100111101 11010111 1101111011 11010111 1111010101 11010111 101111110 11010111 11011101011 11010111 00100011111 11010111 1111111101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word cry at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Ave Maria;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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