This is an analysis of the poem The Bibliomaniac's Bride that begins with:
The women-folk are like to books,--
Most pleasing to the eye,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caXa dddd acaX eded fgfX hihi baXa jdjd jgjgXajaj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 110001 10010001 110101 11110111 110111 11010110 010101 010010011 111101 1101001 110101 11111111 111101 11100001 111110 11110101 110101 010101001 110101 01010111 111111 11011111 100100 01001011 110101 10011111 010101 10010110 010111 01110110 110101 11111111 110101 01010101 010111 11110101 010111 11011101 110111 01010110 110001 111111001 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
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- summary of The Bibliomaniac's Bride;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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