This is an analysis of the poem The Wedded Lover that begins with:

I READ in our old journals of the days
When our first love was April-sweet and new, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdbcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110001 1111110111 1101011101 0100111101 1111110011 1101011111 0101101111 1100111101 1111011011 0111011101 1011010111 1011010101 1111111111 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, our, not are repeated.

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  • summary of The Wedded Lover;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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