This is an analysis of the poem The Rejoicings Of A Bridegroom that begins with:

With axle creaking, all on fire I went,
To fetch my young and lovely bride....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbb bcbcdd cbXbbb efefdX bc bcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010111011 01111101 1111011101 1101010111 1100110111 1111110001 0111010101 01010101 10110010101 11011101 1101111001 1111110101 111010111 11010101 1111111110 010111001 1101110111 1101110101 1101110101 11110001 1011010011 110101001 01010110111 1111010100 1011111111 01111111 11101110101 111101001 1111010111 01110100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; my, i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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