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

Heard your daughter's getting married,
From Posta, the news I carried....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddccadeeffggffaaccebXXaa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 01001110 1000111 11001010011 1101011 00100101 010100111 1011101 1010111 11110101 1111101 11110101 01001101 111111 1010111 10010111 101001001 1010101 1110101 1111101 11111010 111110010 010100101 11100101 1100011 1101111 11110011 11111101 111000100 01110100 101010111 1111101 010011001001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1674
  • Average number of words per stanza: 197
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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