This is an analysis of the poem The Bridal Of Lady Aideen that begins with:

O Lady Aideen, will you wed with me, wed with me in the early morning?
A silken gown for your body's wear, a golden crown for your hair's adorning....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXbbddceeffaabeegg aabXXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101001101101001010 0101111010101111010 1101110101100101111 010111111 1111110 111101100 110101111 111011101101111110 1001111101100101010 111010101111010111 11101101 01111011 111000111 101000101 1101001111111111010 1101011011111011010 1011010101101101100 110111101 110111101 111111011 1010110101 1100111101110101110 1111011111001001010 11100101010011100 110100101 1111010111 11011111 001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 790
  • Average number of words per stanza: 153
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, for, and, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, my are repeated.

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