This is an analysis of the poem Matrimony that begins with:
There is an awe in mortals' joy,
A deep mysterious fear... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcccb adadcccd efeXgggf chchffXh ebebiiib ijijiiij klklaaal
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10110101 0101001 10010101 101111 010101110 11010101 010011010 111111 1100111101 010101 101011101 110101 100111001 010100101 11010111 011101 11011111 111101 10110101 1100110 00110101 10010101 110011101 010101 110111010 1101001 101111010 010101 010101010 11111011 111101100 001101 11101001 110111 10111101 1100101 11011111 011101001 11000111 110111 11110101 110101 11110101 100101 01010101 01110101 11010111 011101 11000111 0101101 01011101 110111 10111101 00111101 011101101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
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- summary of Matrimony;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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