Analysis of St. Ambrose & St. Augustine



St. Monica, St. Augustine's mother,
asked her spiritual friend, the well-
loved bishop, St. Ambrose, to guide
her son. This was one of the greatest
things our St. Ambrose has done.


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Tanka  (20%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 11001110 101000101 1101111 011111010 1101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 176
Words 31
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 137
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on January 06, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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