This is an analysis of the poem Ave Maria that begins with:

Mothers of America
let your kids go to the movies...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdefacbccgdhXcgiejjjkhibkXXleXXagfdlflckkbaiggXkbmkm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 55,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000100 11110010 101001111 11110 01111001010 110101 11010011 100100 111111111 1 1111 111011111 1001100 10 111101001011 1010 111001001 1111000100 11011010 11001010 1 10111011 0 101001011 1010011001001 010 0010101010 000101 11 101001 1101011 010 10 11001011111 010010 1110100 101101100 110 111010101 101 010100101 11011101 101011111 1011001 1 0110001101 010100010 111101110 01 1010011 111011110 10010101 10 101101011 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1747
  • Average number of words per stanza: 262
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, they, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Ave Maria;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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