This is an analysis of the poem The Leper’s Betrothed that begins with:
To clasp his spirit undefiled, my spirit leaped beneath my hand,
He said no sad reproach to me, but only, 'Love, I understand.'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbb ccddbbXX eeffffggaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01010100011010111 1111010111011100 11011111111110101 11011111111010111 1111111111010111 0101111111010101 0101011101110101 01011101011101 01110111111101010 11111011110111 1111011111011101 0111110111110001 1110010111110101 1101010111110101 1101000111111011 11011111010101 1111110101011111 11010101111101 1101111111110111 1101011111110101 11111111110111001 11010111111100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 494
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, at, him, with, that, he, men, and, i, love, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, the, he, and, i are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Leper’s Betrothed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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