This is an analysis of the poem Mary’s Wedding that begins with:

February 25th, 1851.
YOU are to be married, Mary; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbccdc efXfbXXX dgegahch abXbehah ai XiXdad afdfaXah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,2,6,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 11001010 010111001 001010010 1101011 101111010 11000101 00111110 1111101 110010111 1111001 11011010 1100111 11111011 1110110 110101111 1111101 11111010 0101101 101111110 1111001 001100110 0101111 10011010 111101 110111110 0100101 1111110 0011101 11111010 1111101 11101110 1111101 1011110 1101101 010110110 10101101 01011010 00101001 11101010 1011101 111111010 1111101 11111010 110101 11111010 11011010 101101010 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • 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; you is repeated.

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

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