This is an analysis of the poem St. Ignatius Loyola At The Chapel Of Our Lady Of Montserrat that begins with:

’Tis midnight, and solemn darkness broods
In a lonely, sacred fane—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacaXa defegbab hdgdbgag cgbgefef ahbhgcfc bbabXfbf Xagabfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111110101 0010101 0101100001 1100111 11000101 1111101 01011101 011101 110100101 1011101 11110111 1110101 1010110001 0101101 11010111 011001 100101001 10111001 11010101 010101 010100101 0110111 101111111 011101 11011101 10100101 10111000101 1111101 01011101 110101 110001001 111001 11110101 111111 01011101 0010101 11011111 011101 101010101 010001 11111101 110111 11011101 110101 110100111 0101101 001010101 1010101 111111001 010101 110100101 010101 11111101 010101 11010101 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; as, of, and are repeated.

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

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