This is an analysis of The Bride by Katharine Tynan.

WEAVE me no wreath of orange blossom,
No bridal white shall me adorn;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeXe fefe fgfg Xhbh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111101010 11011101 110110110 01011101 111101110 11010101 110101010 11011111 1100101010 11010101 011110010 10110001 101101010 1011011 111110010 01111111 100101010 01010111 110101010 11011011 111101010 11101101 1110110010 11110111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

my, to, love

Anaphora

i, why