This is an analysis of the poem The Bride that begins with:

The book was dull, its pictures
As leaden as its lore, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXbdb daXaXXda efgfgfaf hijifiji keheceke cbdbgbXb ahXhghkh glalelcl EhahehdhXEdadgdad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010 110101 1111010 111111 1101110 011101 1101110 010101 1111111 110101 0111011 110111 1100110 110100 1111010 100101 0101111 011101 1101010 010011 1111010 110101 1101010 010101 1101011 110101 1101010 111111 1011010 011101 1100010 111101 11110100 011111 0101011 010101 110010 010101 1111110 011101 1101110 111101 1101111 1100111 0101110 111101 1101010 010001 1101110 011111 0111110 110001 0100010 110101 1101110 010011 0110010 010101 0101010 110011 1111010 110111 1101110 111101 1101110 110101 0101010 110101 0111010 010101 0100010 110001 1101110 110111 0101110 111111 0111010 110101 1100010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Bride;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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