This is an analysis of the poem Marriage that begins with:
Should I get married? Should I be Good?
Astound the girl next door with my velvet suit and faustaus hood? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXbcdec fcXggheijiekeg baaaljmXe bfbneniiicefdbf akeolplanfkfncgbdn jecehmXbqqe krobqeaocnfiaebkrbg ssbkdaaoapcXddkl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,14,9,15,18,11,19,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101100 010111011011101 110010101010 1101111111100 1010011011001010 11101111110101 1101010111010001 0110011101111011 1100010101010001 11101010010 1101100110101 11110101110110 1111011 110110111 10101101 111000101011 100101001010010 1101101111101 101111101111111010 111011111 111110110010 111001 111111011 11101010100101 11001101110110 1100110111 10111011011010 1011110101110101 11100101111 110111101101101 1111111111 1011111101101101 111011110111 01011011011010 110001001 1100101101 0010011101110010 010101101 01010101110 0101010 101010101101101101 111111011001 10101101101101 1010001110101 1010110110 111001001000110101 11101101001010110001010001001 1111101100 1110001100 1110101110010 100111010110 111001111011 1110011111011101 101011001101 1101011111110 1101110001011111 110011011101 11001001010100 11010101011100101 11101010011001001 10110111100010001 110101011111 111100110101 11011111010010 1011110111101 101111010010011 1111001111101 11111010101001011 1011001100101001001 100001010011111011 111101 101101010010100 10101010101 11001011001 101101101 111011010101 1111011010 1101111010 11101110 10111011001 011011010010101 11110101011 1010110111 11110001100 110010111010 011101 100111101010010 0100011111011110 111111011110110 101001001001000101010 111101100111111 100101100111100010 1111101100110 011111011110101101 11101011100110101 1110111011 1111010001 011111111101 1101001001111110 110101110100 11100111101010 111111 11100110 011001011110 101010101111101 1101010101001011011 1111110010100111100 11010100 110010100110001010 1110101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 110
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; and, her, ha, all, knowing, like, when, penguin, dust, i, its, possible are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, the, and, like are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines knowing, love, possible are repeated).
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