This is an analysis of the poem Herod's Lament For Mariamne that begins with:
Oh, Mariamne! now for thee
The heart of which thou bled'st is bleeding; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXababX cacadada eXeafafa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 010111010 01010100 110101010 110111 111111010 11111101 1100011100 10111011 011101010 11111101 0111110110 11111101 101101010 10110101 111101010 11111101 110011100 111100101 111101010 11011101 010101010 11111101 1100011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; thou, my, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase thou connects the lines.
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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