This is an analysis of the poem To My Daughter Ellen, On Her Wedding Day, March 20, 1859 that begins with:
Ellen, on this glad occasion
I address to you a rhyme,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gcXc gaga hfhf iXiX jbjb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1110101 10101010 1011101 01100010 1110101 10101010 0011101 11111110 1010001 11101010 1110101 111100110 1010011 11000010 1111101 11101010 11101011 10011010 0111101 11101010 1111101 10101010 1010101 11111010 01010100 11110110 1011101 00111111 1110101 11101011 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; you, to are repeated.
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