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

Mary Mother leaned from heaven,
Gazed upon my little wood,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cded afcf agXg eheh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1011101 10111010 0010101 11101010 1010111 11111110 1011101 10101010 11101001 11101011 0011111 10101010 1111101 10110110 1110111 10101110 1011101 11111010 100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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