This is an analysis of the poem Epithalamium that begins with:
Virgin, brighter than the morning,
Haste and finish thy adorning!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb aaXXcc ddee aaff bbbbgg hhedbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,4,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 11101010 1010101 10110101 1011101 11101001 01010101 010010101 01010101 1010101 11010101 100110001 01010111 01010101 101110010 01101010 1101101 11011111 1111101 1110101 11111011 00111011 1110111 11010001 1010101 11101001 11111101 10100101 1010101 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, for, his, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, though are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).
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- summary of Epithalamium;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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