This is an analysis of the poem Two Backgrounds that begins with:

I. LA VIERGE AU DONATEUR
HERE by the ample river's argent sweep,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababXccXdddX XaXadeffeXggb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111100 1101010101 10001110001 01011001001 0101110001 01010011101 0101010111 1100010101101 01010011000 1011010101 1101011001 1001000111 1001110100 11010 1111010101 11011100100 1101010001 1101110101 1111011101 1101111101 1111110100 10110001001 1111111000 1101010101 1101100001 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 544
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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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