This is an analysis of the poem Botticelli's Madonna In The Louvre that begins with:

WHAT strange presentiment, O Mother, lies
On thy waste brow and sadly-folded lips,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdcdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110001101 1111110101 10000110001 1100101111 1111011101 0101011101 1111010101 1011001001 1100110101 1101010101 1111111101 0011110101 11001011100 1001110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Botticelli's Madonna In The Louvre;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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