This is an analysis of the poem A Bridal Song that begins with:

SHE is more sparkling beautiful
Than dawn-light seen thro’ tears ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb deXe dbdb XaXa Xfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100100 111111 01010101 110101 01111100 010101 01000111 010101 010111101 011001 11010101 010111 110010101 100101 11110100 100000 10011101 001101 11001101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; of is repeated.

    The author used the same word her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Bridal Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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