This is an analysis of the poem Italian Girl's Hymn To The Virgin that begins with:

In the deep hour of dreams,
Through the dark woods, and past the moaning sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede fgfg hdhd bebe ijij Xeigig jkjk lmlmXbdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011001 1011110101 110111 1001011101 101111 11010111101 110101 01010011001 111111 0111011101 1100101 0101010111 101111 0011001101 111111 11001010101 1001001 10101100101 111111 01001100111 110111 111100100101 101101 111000011101 111111 1111010111 111101 0100110100 1110 1 01 11011101001 110001 11110100011 110001 0100110101 110111 0101001101 010101 1101001111 1101001 1101111111 110111 01011101001 100101 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Italian Girl's Hymn To The Virgin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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