This is an analysis of A Bridal In The Bois De Boulogne. by Mathilde Blind.

HOW the lilacs, the lilacs are glowing and blowing!
And white through the delicate verdure of May…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc Xdad dd eaeabb afafbb cgcgcc fXXXbb Xhehbb icicjjXagaghh
  • Stanza lengths: 6,4,2,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 1011011110110 11101001001 010010011110 11001011001 01111011011 11011011011 011001001001100 10100111001 111010110010 1100111001 0101100101 11101001101 011010011010 1100101101 011011011010 11011101101 001101011101 001101101101 1011011110110 110111110001 1010010010110 101001101001 11001101101 01101001011 010110110010 1101110101 011110011010 01001101011 11111101001 01011001001 1011010010010 01011011110 0110101010110 01001111011 11001111011 11101011001 110010110010 01001101101 1101100010010 11001001001 11001001001 01101111011 1110110011010 111001001011 1110110010110 100101101001 001101001101 101001011001 1011011110110 11011011011 1011011011010 01001001001 101111101101 10101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 54

Repeated words/phrases

for, they, of, and, lilacs, her

Anaphora

where, the, and, they

Anadiplosis

they