This is an analysis of the poem Mary that begins with:

DEAR honored name, beloved for human ties,
But loved and honored first that One was given ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXea afaf agag hihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101101 11110111110 0101010101 11110101010 1101010101 1101110001 11110010111 1111100101 1111010111 1101011111 1100110101 01011000101 1101010101 11010111010 0111111101 11110001010 11011110111 0101110101 10010010101 0111010101 0111011101 01010101010 1011110101 11010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Mary;
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