This is an analysis of the poem A Legend Of The Blesses Virgin that begins with:

THE day of Joseph's marriage unto Mary,
In thoughful mood he said unto his wife, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdXd efefgXfX gcacbhih cdidhidX Xjfjahga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010101010 0101111001 01110001110 0101110111 111111001010 0100100101 11110101010 1101111101 11011101010 1101011101 011101001010 11011110101 01001101010 0101011010 01010101110 0011000101 01010101010 1101010111 11010100010 1111000101 11010101010 11010100111 11010111110 1111000101 11110101010 0101101111 11010101110 0101010001 10111101111 1111111101 01110111110 0101001111 11011101010 0101110101 11010101010 1101010101 110101001010 0101110111 11110001010 1011000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; and, his, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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