This is an analysis of the poem Wedding Song that begins with:
THE tale of the Count our glad song shall record
Who had in this castle his dwelling,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba bccc aa c dc deeX f f g ag Xeee f f e ee eaaa h X h ah aiii a a j dj daaa g g g dg dfff b b a Xa eaaa gXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,4,2,1,2,4,1,1,1,2,4,1,1,1,2,4,1,1,1,2,4,1,1,1,2,4,1,1,1,2,4,1,1,1,2,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001111101 110010010 11111001101 011011110 011010110001 11001001001 11101001011 01011011 11011111 11111101011 11011011 01101011001 11101010 11001001101 1101101101 01101001010 11101111 01101011 11001101011 01011101 01111011001 11111110 11101001001 01111011001 01001011001 101001101 11111011 101001001111 11011011 11101111001 010101101 10101011101 11011001011 01001001001 101001101 1010110010 11101101001 11001001 11001011101 01101001 11011001101 01011101101 01111101001 110010001 01101101 11111011001 11001001 01011011101 101011101 01101011001 11111101001 11011011001 01101101 11001001 11011011001 11011111 11111001001 011001011 01101001011 11111001011 01001001011 111110011 11011001 10101111001 11101011 11111001111 1011110001 11011011011 1010110011001 11101111111 01011001 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 40
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 76
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, of, on, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, thy, are repeated.
The author used the same word his at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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