This is an analysis of the poem The Old And The Young Bridegroom that begins with:
[HERNANI, Act I.]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcdefXggXhXbgbfXXXdfa I fcfXbbafijhXfabdfXXehab I gjibXjg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,21,1,23,1,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10011 10011111010 1101010001 001010101101 1101111101 1001101101 0111111100 1111101100 1100101000010 1011011111 11101011100 11011111010 10010111010 01111111010 110101000010 1101011101 1101010111 1111110001 11010101010 11110101001 1101111111 1011011101 1011101 11111010 11110000101 1111010111 11010001001 0101011011 0101010101 1111011101 00110111010 1101010101 11010110010 0101011111 11000111010 1101110101 11110001011 1101010011 0111001011 1011001101 011111010011 1101100101 1101100101 1011110100 0111100101 00110011010 1011101 101011100 1101000101 1011001101 0101010001 1011001010111 110101100010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, you, and, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words whose, will are repeated.
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