This is an analysis of the poem The Marriage Of Tirzah And Ahirad that begins with:

IT is the dead of night:
Yet more than noonday light ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbaaddaaeXffeeeeeXccgeeghhahahffggii aaaahhjjeaeahfhfbbagagkdkX kkggjjhhfflddlgbgbggheehababfafakkaalldmiieeaadmgggddg aXaaXjjdjdXddjjhghgdfdfiieffeeeeehh bbhheeneneaahhhheebggbffdmgbgbbjjbcc jocllchhCaaddllggjjaajjXcgfgfgigieehhjajaepepgeXehh CCeedda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,26,54,35,36,51,24,28,23,12,23,8,44,34,20,6,14,24,19,18,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 000101 111101 11110100101 100011100 100011100 0011000111 1010101 010101001 01110101 0010001 11111001 1011111 0010101 00101000 0010101 0010101 11001101 01100101 1010001 0010101 11001101 11110100 110001 110001 0111010101 00101010 0100010 1111010001 11011001 010100101 01010101 01110111 11010101 01010101 1011101 10101001 11010101 0010111 101100100111 110111110101 0010101 1010111 11111101 10110101 01010101 01010101 01010111 010011101 11010101 11010101 111101001 11011101 11010101 11111101 010111001 11011101 11010101 01111100 010100111 11010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11011000 1101010101 11010101001 11010001 010100101 010101010 010101110 10011111 11010101 01010101 11000101 01010111 01001111 010111 111111001 11010101 000101 10011101 01011101 11101101 110011 01001111 11011101 010101 11111001 01000101 111111 11010101 01110011 10110101 110101 01010101 01110111 10010101 01011001 0100111001 1011101 11011101 01010101 010010111 01010101 01010111 01011100 010111001 010110101 01110101 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01111101 01000101 11010101 01011101 11010001 11110101 101010111 10111101 111101010 00101110 10101110 0100101010 1111111 10011111 10110011 11010001 11110101 01010101 100111101 010101 11011101 1010110101 110101110 01010101 11011101 101010101 1110111 1010101 01110101 01111011 1011110 1111111 11100101 0110111 1011101 1011101 1010101 01110111 10111011 01101101 01110001 11011101 11011101 01011101 01110101 11001001 0101001 11110111 01011101 110101 1110111 1010101 11010111 1010101 11010111 01010011 1110101 01010001 11110011 10110111 10110101 110101101 111100101 00110101 10111101 00010101 0010101 1010101 1010101 1111111 1010101 1010101 1111111 01110101 11011101 100110001 11001101 11110100 1010101 01010111 010101001 110101001 11110111 11000101 010101 01010101 110101001 1010101 01000101 11010001 0010101 1110101 110101011 1111101 01010101 01111101 01010101 11110111 010101001 11010111 01001001 1011101 1010101 011100110 011101010 1110101 1010101 11010111 11010001 1010101 11010101 11010101 10110111 110111 1001111 0101001 11010101 01011101 01010101 0010101 11011101 11011101 11111101 01011101 01101001 111101 1010101 101100101 10101010 10101010 01011111 01100101 1110001 1110101 1110001 1011101 1101001 0101010101 01010101 0011010101 0101010101 0101000101 1101011101 110101010101 11011101 1010101 110100111 1011101 1110101 110101001 01110101 11010101 01110101 01010101 11110101 01111101 01010101 10111101 11010101 11111101 01100101 01100101 10110101 11111101 10110111 11111100 01110101 10101001 1000101 1001001 1011101 100101100 11100110001 0011000111 01010010101 1101010101 01001101 11110101 11010101010 11111001 110101001 11111001010 11000101 11010101 11010011 11000101 011111110 11100010 11011111001 11010111001 01011101010 0101011101 1101011111 10110101001 10111 110101 1010101 0011111 10100101 0011001 01111111 1011001 1011111 10110001 01011101 01010101 01011101 01000100 11111101 0100101 1101001001 11010101 10110111 111111 11110101 0010101 10010001 110100100 11011111 01000101 110100101 11011101 101101100 1110101 10010101 010011011 010010101 01111101 100010101 11110111 10011101 11110101 010101011 110111001 101010011101 11110001010 1111000101 111100100101 01010101 10011001 10110010001 1011110101 10110001001 1001010101 01011011101 111111 0111110111 1101010111 1001010001 11110100101 0101010101 11111010 010001010 01010100101 0101000101 0101001 110101 11011101001 1010101 1000101 11010101 1011101 11011001 0010111 101101010 11010111 11110101 10010001 01010001 100101110 11010101 100101001 00100101 110101 1011101 1111101 1011101 1111111 01010101 01010101 11110101 11010111 1010001 1010101 0011111 010110001 1110101 1010011 1111101 11010101 010101 01001101 11010101 0101001 10111001 11011101 11010011 10110101 01110111 11010111 11010101 01010101 11010101 11011101 010101000 100111101 110101110 11110111 010101010 1011101 11011101 11110101 11111001 011111100 01000101 11010101 1011111 11010101 01011111 1011010101 100100111010 01010101001 010101010101 1111101101 1011010101 110001010 11000101 1100010010 11011101 11011101 110101001 110011001 1100101001 11110101 11110101 11111101 010101 1101110101 010101 1101110101 101101 1101010101 1101110101 110111 10010111 01011101 0011000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 970
  • Average number of words per stanza: 171
  • Amount of lines: 563
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, from, of, with, all, nor, his, for, when, he, to, our, no, so, none, ye are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words unnumbered, the, from, and, a, of, when, as, he, his, thrice, it, still, for, none, thou, ye are repeated.

    The author used the same words 'of, 'on, 'but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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