This is an analysis of Mary Magdalen by William Cullen Bryant.

FROM THE SPANISH OF BARTOLOME LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abbacc bbbbdd effebb dggddd
  • Stanza lengths: 1,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 00100100101001000 1110111010 0111010101 010101 11010100010 11011111001 0101011 01001100010 10101010111 111101 11110111010 1011001111 101111 00111001010 01010110101 0101001 11010101010 0101110101 1100101 11110111010 1011010111 110111 01011111010 1101010101 1100101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

and, of

Anaphora

thou, the