This is an analysis of the poem Motherhood that begins with:
Mary,the Christ long slain,passed silently,
Following the children joyous astir... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabcd cdefef gcggcXX XhiihXh jajXaXX bXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,7,7,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1011100100 1000101010 1001010101 1001110100 1111000111 11010101001 1101010101 0101011101 1101010111 111111111001 0101011101 11010101011 111111101 1111 11010101 11011101 0111 111101110 1010101110 101010101 1101 11110111 01010101 1101 110111011 11011100101 11010111 01011 111110101 10010111 0111 01010101 101111111 11111100010 1111010110 11110011010 1110100100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 37
- 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; and, ' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
The author used the same word ' at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.
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- summary of Motherhood;
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