This is an analysis of the poem Wedding Night that begins with:

Far from the feasting, in the bedroom
Sits loyal Amor and quakes with dread:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacada dXXXbdXe efefceXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100011 110101101 100101110 10100101 010011010 1001101 11101001 1010101 111111011 1010101 10101111 1010111 110000010 1010011 0100101010 11110100 11100110 1011111 01000110 11010101 11011010 1111101 10111010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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