This is an analysis of Ava Maria Plena Gratia by Oscar Wilde.

WAS this His coming! I had hoped to see
A scene of wondrous glory, as was told…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXbbXcadcad
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001011101 0101010111 0111100101 11011111 1011011101 1001111000010 10111101010 1011110100 0111110101 11010011111 0100110001 0101010011 1100010001 1101001101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

of, and, with