The Virgin by William Wordsworth: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Virgin that begins with:

. Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrost
With the least shade of thought to sin allied.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXccbXaaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011010110 0011010111 1001110101 1101010101 1011110101 1011011111 01010100101 01010111011 1101011111 11010010111 100100100101 1111110101 0101010100 0101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 100
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; than is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Virgin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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