This is an analysis of the poem Quieta Ne Movete Ii that begins with:

IF one should wake one's frozen faith
In sunlight of her radiant eyes, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXccdd ebebffXX gcgchhbb bibiccgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01111101 011001001 10010101 00110101 10010111 01001101 01111111 11011101 01110101 11011100 10111111 101101011 01010101 11110111 01010110 11111111 00111111 01010111 01111101 11111101 11111101 11111101 01111101 11110000 11011111 11110001 01110111 11011011 11111111 11011101 10110111 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, it are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Quieta Ne Movete Ii;
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  • history of its creation;
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