This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Iii (To The Virgin Mary) that begins with:

Unequalled Virgin, the second ornament
Of the human race, whose dignity has not diminished...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaab XXbX cXX Xcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 100010010100 00101110011010 001001101001001010001 1110001010 111010010110 11000101 101110100101010 1110110100101 11111101 101010010 1001110100 0111101111 1100101 11101011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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, her, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Sonnet Iii (To The Virgin Mary);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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