This is an analysis of the poem Our Lady that begins with:

MOTHER of God! no lady thou:
Common woman of common earth... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdd cecXe fgfggXcecee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 10100101 11010111 111100101 010100101 11111111 01010001 11101101 1111011 0101111001 10010011 10010101 11011101 01000101 01000101 11101001 10010111 11110111 01110101 11000101 11110111 11010101 111010001 11011101 1011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, she are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Our Lady;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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