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

She stands in front of her mirror
With bright and joyous air, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXcdc XeXefcec dgggghXh biXigdid Xbebfggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010010 011101 10100101 010101 101110101 110111 11110101 111001 11100101 010101 10011101 0100111 00010100 010101 11111101 011111 01000101 110111 01000101 011101 01001101 111011 01010101 111111 11010101 110101 01110100 110001 11111101 1100101 01110001 010001 010011101 110111 11011111 111101 01011101 110101 111111010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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, her are repeated.

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

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

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