This is an analysis of the poem Marriage that begins with:
Then Almitra spoke again and said, 'And what of Marriage, master?'
And he answered saying: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a X b X c X X b X X X X a c X X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100101111101010 111010 10101010101101000 110010111011011 111001010001010001 111010010100 110100101011 110101110101 1010001010101011 11101111011 110100111110011 1110101010111101001 10101001101111000110 111110011010 110010110111 110101111010 10100010101 1011101011011011
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 55
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, together, of, but, be, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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