This is an analysis of the poem For Anniversary Marriage-Days that begins with:

Lord, living, here are we
As fast united, yet... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efeffafa gfgXhihi djdjjhjh iXidaXad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 110101 11111111 010101 100101 111011 11111101 110111 010111 100101 11111101 110101 111101 111111 11101111 010111 110101 010101 10110111 101110 110111 110101 10110001 110101 0100101 010101 10110101 110101 011111 110101 10011101 111101 111101 100100 11010111 110101 111101 110111 11111111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, to, our are repeated.

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

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