Analysis of Sonnet III (To the Virgin Mary)
Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski 1550 – 1581
Unequalled Virgin, the second ornament
Of the human race, whose dignity has not diminished
Her humility, nor has humility lessened her generosity of heart,
O rare Mother of her own Creator!
You have crushed the head of the serpent whose venom
Has poisoned the entire world.
You assumed your place in Heaven above the angels' choir
And there, glorified, you partake of eternal joy.
For our souls you are like a moon
Which reflects the rays of eternal
Charity, as our grievous sinfulness
Descends on us like a night's dark shadow.
Lead us to the morning dawn
And show us the light of your Sun which we all desire.
Scheme | XXXA XXAX XXX XXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110010100 10101110011010 00100110100100010011 1110101010 111011010110 11000101 101110100101010 011010110101 110111101 101011010 100110101 011110111 1110101 01101111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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