This is an analysis of the poem Sister Marie that begins with:

A Legend of Tyrol
I through the valley of Klausen went...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababcXcXbdbdbXbe ebeXbababfbfgdgdahah ieiegjgjeiedXhXhebeXXggggaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,20,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010 110100101 101011101 11011111 0100110101 11100101 10101111 111100101 110111101 10101111 11100101 110100111 10100101 01111111 11010110 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010111 11111111 11010111 11001111 11011101 10110101 11111101 11110101 11011111 01010111 110001101 11010101 11010111 11010111 01111101 10010111 01010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010001 11010101 11011011 11100101 01010101 01011101 11011101 11010111 11000101 11111111 10110101 11010111 00111101 11110101 11010101 11010101 11011001 10111001 11011110 11010101 11011101 11111101 01011111 11010111 11001111 11010111 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 590
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Sister Marie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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