This is an analysis of the poem Bluebeard’s First Wife that begins with:

I lie by the garden wall,
Buried and all alone;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAB BCBC CCCC CDCD DBDB BBBB BEBE EEEE EEEEXEAEA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110101 101101 011001 111101 101101 0111101 111101 0101011 0111101 0111001 0101011 1101101 0111001 1011101 1101101 1101001 1011101 10101001 1101001 10100101 10101001 11001111 10100101 11101001 11001111 1101111 11101001 101111101 1101111 1101011 101111101 101011101 1101011 11001101 101011101 00101001 11001101 1110101 00101001 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Bluebeard’s First Wife;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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