This is an analysis of the poem An Epithalamium that begins with:

Fragments 91, 92, 99, 106, 104, 103, 100, 105, 101, 102, 96, 109, 93, 94, 97, 95, and 133 combined.
Raise high the beams of the raftered hall,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bCdCbCdCddd eeaaffggaahhggaXfeXfeXXXeeXddeeaXccggbabbaXbdccddaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,51,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1011111111111111111101 1101001001 101001 110001010 101001 1011110111 101001 111110010010 101001 11011001101 10100101001 1100100101 1101101001 010111111 111101101 1111111111 1110100101 11111100011 10011101111 001110001001 11101101101 000110101 0100100101 111111001 110011111 101001111101 11111101001 1011110100 11001011 1001001001 0101 110001 10110111111 101101 1111111 1110001 1011011010010101 1010011010101101 111100111110111 1110011101 1001100111 10101100111 101001011001 10101101010110101 101111010111001 101001101010 111001101010 0110010111 1010100111 11011011 11001101 10110111 01101111 10100101 1011100100 10111101 1100111010 1100100101 1100110101 00101101010 101111001010 0010110001011 00101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 910
  • Average number of words per stanza: 164
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, her, bride are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of An Epithalamium;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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