This is an analysis of the poem The Witch-Bride that begins with:

A fair witch crept to a young man's side,
And he kiss'd her and took her for his bride.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd eeXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011100111 1110110101 1011010101 11010101 111100111 011101111 1110111001 11011101 1110011101 111100101 1101101001 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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