This is an analysis of the poem Margaret's Bridal Eve that begins with:
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The old grey mother she thrummed on her knee: ... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: a aBaC aBaC aBaC aBaC bBaC aBaC X aDaE dDdE aDaE dDdE XDXE fDfE gDgE hDhE iDiE X gBgC gBgC hBhC dBdC gBgC fBfC aBaC jBjC dBdC X kDkE XDfE dDdE gDgE XDXE fDfE gDgE gDgE adaE fDfE iDiE iDIE lDlE iDiE iDIE hDhE iDiE hDhE fDfE hDhEXaDaE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01110110101 1001110 11001011100 101110110 11011011001 1001110 11111011111 101110110 11011001010 1001110 11111101101 101110110 111101101 1001110 10111111001 101110110 11001100 1001110 11010101 101110110 10101111101 1001110 1100110111 101110110 1 11011001111 10010010 11110111101 101110010 1101101111 10010010 11001111101 101110010 110111101 10010010 11111100 101110010 11011101001 10010010 1111010101 101110010 1100111001 10010010 11011001000 101110010 1100100101 10010010 11110011011 101110010 1111100111 10010010 1101011011 101110010 111111101 10010010 1100110111 101110010 1100101101 10010010 11100101111 101110010 1 0111011001 1001110 1100100101 101110110 01001001011 1001110 11101001001 101110110 110111001 1001110 1100110101 101110110 111010101 1001110 11110111 101110110 11101100101 1001110 11101011001 101110110 111111101001 1001110 11111111 101110110 1011101001 1001110 111001111101 101110110 11011111001 1001110 11100111111 101110110 1101111111 1001110 110110110 101110110 1 110010101 11110010 011101001 101110010 110011110 11110010 01000101 101110010 110011100 11110010 101110101 101110010 11111111 11110010 111111101 101110010 111010111 11110010 010100111 101110010 11001111001 11110010 11101011111 101110010 1111101001 11110010 11101001011 101110010 11001111 11110010 10111101 101110010 1111111110 11110010 01111011001 101110010 011011111 11110010 11011101 101110010 11011111 11110010 010101111 101110010 11101011011 11110010 110010101 101110010 0100100101 11110010 111111111 101110010 01111101 11110010 101100101 101110010 01111101 11110010 110010101 101110010 1100111011 11110010 1100110111 101110010 1110101101 11110010 11011101 101110010 011101101 11110010 00100111001 101110010 11111111111 11110010 111111001 101110010 01111111101 11110010 11011101001 101110010 11101101011 11110010 11101001001 101110010
- Amount of stanzas: 49
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 184
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come, and, my, i, she, so, looked, you are repeated.
The author used the same words o, the, he, she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words clipping, roses at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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