This is an analysis of the poem La Priere De Nostre Dame that begins with:

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Almighty and all-merciable Queen,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXaXXbXX c dcdcedcd c babaaXaa c XbXbXbbf c XgcXhici X didiihih c fcfccjcj k jhjXXchc c XaXaXdaX c clcllaXa j chcXXbhb l iXXiifiX a bcbceccX m ihiXhihi c Xdbddndn m XcXccjej b gogookok h ehchhhhg c Xcocabcb c XXXXXaXa h dXXXXiai c acaccXcX c jdjddXdj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0 01011101 011011110 01010101001 1001001101 0111010010 1101010101 1100110010 1011110100 1 1011101101 1111111100 111110001 1011110111 1110010100 1011001011 11111011 1101111101 1 1001101101 111111010 1110110001 1101101010 010111010 111111110 110101010 11001001101 1 1011101000 1111011101 11000110110 1101010101 0101110110 1011010101 0101101101 11111111010 1 10111010011 110001101001 101011011 1101010110 1111010110 1101110101 11111101 0101110101 1 1011110011 1101010101 0101111110 1101111101 1110010111 1101110011 1100111011 1011010101 1 1011101110 110101101 11010101010 1111001101 1111111111 1111010101 1101011100 0110101111 1 11000111100 0101111010 1001111101 01011100100 010100011 1111011111 111101010 1111010001 1 111110110 1111010010 110110010 1101110101 1101010010 1101100101 1011011101 1111110111 1 100001001 1001010011 110101011 111101001 1101011101 011111100 1111111110 1100111101 1 1011011101 1011101010 1111011111 1111011010 1110010010 101111111 1111110110 01011110101 1 101101011 10011100110 1101100100 1101111101 0101011101 10110101010 11000101101 1101010011 1 1010110101 1001010010 1100110101 1111010011 1001010100 1100101111 11111101011 1111111011 1 1101010101 1101011101 1100010011 0111010110 001011110 011111101 01100101110 11111010111 1 1011111010 10011010111 110011011 1101110101 1101111011 1101110101 1101101111 1100110111 1 1010111110 111011111 1111010101 0111010111 111011110 1110110101 1111110100 100111011 1 0111011101 1100110010 111100011 1100001100 10011101001 0111111101 1101010010 0110010101 1 1001110110 101110010 1001101101 111110110 010111100 0101100010 1010111010 111101101 1 1001111010 0111000010 011110011 0111111101 0101001101 1101100111 1111011111 1111110111 1 10111100100 110100011 0101111110 1111111110 1110011010 1011101101 11011011 1111010110 1 111100101 0101010010 1101110011 110110110 110111100 1101111101 111111010 0111100111 1 1011000110 1110010101 1111110001 1111110101 1101010111 1101010111 0111111111 1100101011 1 1001100101 111011001 1101011001 111101101 110111111 000101010 1110110101 01001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 46
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 207
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; of, as, my, his, o, to, us, i, and, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, i, o, who, of, and, that are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases i, o connect the lines.

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