This is an analysis of the poem A Marriage Poem that begins with:

1.
Morning: the caged baby...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXabcXbaad cbecXeXa X fXXeed fbXbdX gccfeaeedbadb X hhfXiXXX gaXheai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,8,1,6,6,13,1,8,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 100110 010101 010010110 1010111 00110 011011010 11001 110110 110010 10010 0010101 1101 01010000 11011101 10111001 1101010001 1010010 010010100110 1 110110101 10100 01111001 01100110101 00101010101 01011010101 110100 1111101 11101110100 1011000101 111100 111010101 1100100101 0110100101 111010101 1101110 11101 0100 01110010101 111011100 11001010 11010101 1111010 011001 110010 1 0111 11101010 01001010 1101001 1010 1011001 1010110 11010101011 100101111 1111010 1001011101 1111 1001111 110110 100010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Marriage Poem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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