This is an analysis of the poem The Annunciation Of The Blessed Virgin that begins with:

Oh! Thou who deign'st to sympathise
With all our frail and fleshly ties,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabccb ddeffe eegbbg ccecce ddebbe hhbiib ddfccf ccdjjd jjeaae cckllk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110100 01111101 101101 010101001 01010111 011111 11110101 11110001 110101 01010111 11011101 110111 110010101 11110101 1111010 11011111 101101101 0101110 11110101 11110101 111101 111011001 100110111 010101 11110101 11011101 1101110 11110101 11110111 1110110 01110001 11010101 110101 100011101 10010001 001101 1101011 10010101 110101 11011111 10110101 110101 11010101 01010101 100101 100011001 111101001 111101 11010111 11010111 111111 11111101 01110101 011111 10011111 01010101 110111 11011101 01011111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Annunciation Of The Blessed Virgin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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