This is an analysis of the poem The Magdalen At The Madonna’s Shrine that begins with:

O Madonna, pure and holy,
From sin’s dark stain ever free,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefghgh dhdhhibi djdjhhhh ekekdlXlXcjcjbhbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 0111101 10001010 111101 10101010 1110101 00101010 0010111 11101010 0101101 10100110 0110101 10111110 1111101 11111110 1110101 11101110 1011101 10101010 1010101 00101010 1010101 10101011 1110101 10101010 1010101 10101010 0011101 10111110 1111101 11110010 1011101 11111110 1011101 101000110 10110001 100111010 1010001 10111110 1111111 10101110 1110111 10111010 1001111 11101011 1111111 10111011 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Magdalen At The Madonna’s Shrine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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