This is an analysis of the poem On The Consequences Of Happy Marriages that begins with:

Hail happy pair from whom such raptures rise,
On whom I gaze with pleasure and surprize;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbb cccc ddcc aaXX eeff gaaa bbff gghhXbbag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010111001 1111010110 01110101010 110101001110 1101110101 1101110101 1101110101 1101011101 0101010101 11001110001 1111011101 0101010001 1101011011 1001110101 1101110101 11010110010 101001000101 1101010101 11001010001 1111110101 0101111111 1111010001 1101110101 11010100001 1101011111 01010000101 1011111101 10110001001 1001101001 01001001010101 01001001010101 0100101010001 1101001101 0101000101 0101011111 01000100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; illegible is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words like, illegible are repeated.

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