Analysis of The Bridal Ballad
Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)
The ring is on my hand,
And the wreath is on my brow;
Satin and jewels grand
Are all at my command,
And I am happy now.
And my lord he loves me well;
But, when first he breathed his vow,
I felt my bosom swell-
For the words rang as a knell,
And the voice seemed his who fell
In the battle down the dell,
And who is happy now.
But he spoke to re-assure me,
And he kissed my pallid brow,
While a reverie came o'er me,
And to the church-yard bore me,
And I sighed to him before me,
Thinking him dead D'Elormie,
'Oh, I am happy now!'
And thus the words were spoken,
And this the plighted vow,
And, though my faith be broken,
And, though my heart be broken,
Here is a ring, as token
That I am happy now!
Would God I could awaken!
For I dream I know not how!
And my soul is sorely shaken
Lest an evil step be taken,-
Lest the dead who is forsaken
May not be happy now.
Scheme | ABAAB CBCCCCB DBDDDDB EBEEEB EBEEEB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111 0011111 100101 111101 011101 0111111 1111111 111101 1011101 0011111 0010101 011101 11111011 0111101 101001101 0101111 01111011 10111 111101 0101010 01011 0111110 0111110 1101110 111101 1111010 1111111 01111010 11101110 10111010 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 840 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 7, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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