This is an analysis of the poem Wedding Song that begins with:
Workmen lift high
The beams of the roof,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXX abX abX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 01001 100 1101 101001 100 11111 111001 100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 55
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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- summary of Wedding Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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