This is an analysis of the poem A Penitent Considers Another Coming Of Mary that begins with:

For Reverend Theodore Richardson
If Mary came would Mary ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbXb XcbcXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101100 0101110 011101 1111010 10101 11110111 010101 11010101 110101 1011101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

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