This is an analysis of the poem Mary At The Cross that begins with:
'Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother.'
O wondrous mother! since the dawn of time... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths (in strings):
- Closest metre:
- Сlosest rhyme:
- Сlosest stanza type:
- Guessed form:
- Metre:
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, thy, he, in, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hail is repeated.
The author used the same words then, blest 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 word/phrase blest connects the lines.
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