This is an analysis of the poem If Mary Had Known that begins with:
If Mary had known
When she held her Babe's hands in her own... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aabccbaaadd Aaeffegggbb AachhciiXXi AajkkjiiXii AAcaacllleeXAAhbbaaahh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,22,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011 1110101001 101101011101 11001001001 111011 111111011 001001 11001001 11111001001001 111101101 1110001001001001 101011 1110101001 101001001111 11011001111 101111 111111111 111001 001101101 101101001011001 111101011 01011001001001 01011 111001001 11011001101 01111001001 11010 01110101 11011 001001001 101011101101101 1111011110 111111101101001 101011 111001001 111001011111 111111100011 011001 101001011 101111 11011001 11101001001001 111001001 11001000110001 01011 111111001 10001011101 101001011101 101001 11101101 101111 001111011 10001001101011 111101011 111101001001011 101011 111111001 11001011110 01001011101 01111 101001 01001011 10001001011001 111101001 1110011111001001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 430
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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, to, as, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, the are repeated.
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