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

My love looks like a girl to-night,
But she is old. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXa Xbaba ccXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1101 011101010 111 110010110 10101 1110110101 0111 0111010111 1101 1101111101 11111011101 0011 1111010001001 10111 10110100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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