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

Through the starred Judean night
She went, in travail of the Light,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdeedaa ffffgggXaaffaaffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 11001001 00100111 1010001 11101001 1010101 10101001 1110101 1000101 111001001 1010111 1110101 1011101 00100101 1011111 10100111 1000111 10010101 11011100 0010111 1011101 1010101 0010101 1010111 1010101 1011111 1000111 0011111 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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