This is an analysis of the poem The Bride Of Abydos that begins with:

"Had we never loved so kindly,
Had we never loved so blindly, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
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  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 147
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 404
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 1321
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; never, had, we, of, and, in, his, to, thy, it, nor, thus, that, he, thee, this, our, i, my, on, her, not, like, their, from, for, or, another, only, they, by, who, with, after, be, than, means, as, turkish, but are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words had, , where, he, but, and, who, the, his, nor, not, if, with, a, these, how, that, why, to, no, they, whose, vainly, thy are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases , thou connect the lines.

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