This is an analysis of the poem Edmund's Wedding that begins with:
By the side of the brook, where the willow is waving
Why sits the wan Youth, in his wedding-suit gay!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXde fgfgedaX aXaXhhbb Xiaibbjj ababccbb ebeXaXXf agaXaXkk dgegllfX cbcblXaa dlelaXaa afafmmcXXalalffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010011011010 11011001011 110110110010 01011001101 1111011010110 1100010110110 111110110011 1010111111110 1011111111010 101111001001 10110110010010 101111011101 1011011111110 1010111011011 1011011011010 10111010111010 10011010110010 101011001101 1010110110010 101001001101 1010011110110 1010110110010 1010011110011 10010010010111 100110011011100 101001101101 1010110010010 101011111001 1000110110111 1000110110111 1011111110010 1011110010110 10111010011010 101011011001 10011111010010 101101101000 1010011110110 1010110010010 1010110010011 1011110111111 011110111010 01101101011 101001101101010 1011010110011 111110110110 111011010100 111010011100 010011100010 010010011010 110010011001 1010111011010 1011010010110 011010011110 011010110100 010110010010 110111010010 111110111111 01011011111 110111110010 11011001001 111110010010 111110111010 1011010110010 010111010100 011010110010 11011011101 110101110110 11001011001 1010110111010 010110011000 111011110010 101001000110010 011010110011 11001101101 1011110111110 101011010011 111010011110 1010111111010 1010111011010 10111010010110 110011100110 11101101101 110110011010 11001011001 110111010101 111010010101 110010010010 11101001110000 110100110010 11101001001 011010110110 11001111011 010010011010 011010010110 1110110011010 0010010010110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, me, his, as, her, and, for, may, my, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, her, and, may, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the 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 me, it, him are repeated).
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