This is an analysis of the poem Saint Mar Magdelene; Or, The Weeper that begins with:
Hail, sister springs,
Parents of silver-footed rills! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaabb cacaXb dedeff ghghcc ffffii ajajkk blbcaa gmgmjj dedeee gegenn hbhbXb khkhbb cecehh afafaa akakff aiaXaX ccccaa kbkXXj aaaaaa jajaoo cbcbXa dpdpcl adaddd jhjhgg fbfbff XcXlaa jkpkoo aaaXXX kqkqcc momocc fafXkX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 10010101 101001 1010101 11010111 1111101 101110 10010101 111101 11111101 10010100 110110101 11011 1011111 111101 1110101 00111111 0101110 10111 11010101 1010101 11011001 100111110 11111111 100101 0110101 11100 11000101 10010101 10010111 100101 1110101 10111 11000111 11110101 10111011 110101 0010100 11001 10111111 1110111 01011111 011101 01001101 011101 1000111 11010011 11010101 11111 1010101 110111 0100111 10111101 1101101 110111 1000101 10101 1111101 11010101 10101111 10101 1010111 100101 11010111 01010011 1010101 11111 11010101 110101 10010101 11011101 11010111 10110 1010101 00111 10110111 11111101 11010101 110111 1001101 010011 10010101 1101011010 110111010 111011 1111010001 110101 01111001 11011111 10110011 111001 010101010 111101 110101100 11111111 1011000 111110 1001010111 111101 010111011 1111011110 111111110 101101 110111101 110101 01001101 11101110 01110111 1110011 010101010 110101 110111010 110111010 100110010 111111 011111010 1011111 110101010 110101101 1010101 101111 11010011 111100 10110101 01000111 1101010011 110100 111010110 100101 1000110110 11011100 11110100 10111 1111111 11101 1010111 11111110 11111101 111101 11011101 11111 1010011 11111011 01100111 111101 1011010 11101 1011111 11110101 1111110 111110 1110101 111110 11111100 10110110 10110111 110101 11110101 0110010 11010111 010111 1000111 11110 010010111 11010 11111111 100111111 101101010 100111 110101 110101 11010111 11011111 1111101 11101 01001001 010101 1010101 10111100 01111111 111101 010001001 010111 1101110 11111101 01010111
- Amount of stanzas: 31
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 186
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, of, and, o, thy, what, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words heavens, then, the, golden, who, so, you are repeated.
The author used the same words o, does at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word wine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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