This is an analysis of Bridal Ballad by Edgar Allan Poe.
The ring is on my hand,
And the wreath is on my brow;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaab cbccccb dbdddXX ebeeebXebeeeb
- Stanza lengths: 5,7,7,13,
- Metre: 010111 1010111 101101 111101 111101 1111111 1111101 111101 1011101 1011011 0010101 110101 11101011 1111101 101001101 1001111 11101011 101110 10111010 1101010 100101 1111010 1111010 1001110 111101 1111010 1111111 11101010 11101010 10110010 110101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 31
Repeated words/phrases
my, me, and, i
Anaphora
and, lest
Epiphora
me, broken