This is an analysis of the poem When Lide Married _Him_ that begins with:

When Lide married _him_--w'y, she had to jes dee-fy
The whole poppilation!--But she never bat' an eye!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbbXX aaccddee ccXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011110111 0110001110111 01011101111111 11110101111000 11011101 1110101 110110001110111 111010110101 111011110110 010101111110101 11111111111111 01011111011111 1010111 1110101 111101011100100 111011110101 111010101110 010100011101110 110101010101010 00111011000111110 1110111 10101110 110011101110111 1101110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; she, him, he, could, to, ', and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

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

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  • summary of When Lide Married _Him_;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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