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

O marriage-bells, your clamor tells
Two weddings in one breath.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccddXaXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11011101 110011 11010101 111101 11011111 1011101011 1111101 11011111 11100101 11110110010 01010101 11111100 11001101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 507
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word come is repeated.

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

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