This is an analysis of the poem A Wife's Protest that begins with:
1.
Like a white snowdrop in the spring... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: X abcb X defe X gbhb X gbbb X hded X faXa X biXi X idcd X cjhj X XkXk X leke X gkfk X leXe X mclc X cdcd X hlhl X hili X iddd X fhch X lmdm X Xele X hhdh X cdcd XXeiji
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 101100001 010111 11111111 111111 1 11110101 111111 01011101 111101 1 110100111 110111 11011011 111101 1 11111101 110111 01110001 111101 1 11110101 110101 11010111 101110 1 10111111 111111 111001010 011101 1 010010111 010111 11001001 110101 1 11110111 110101 11010111 111111 1 11110111 0100101 11010111 101111 1 10001010010 010111 01010101 010001 1 11110101 111101 111101001 110111 1 10111101 110110 01011101 110101 1 11010101 110101 01110101 111111 1 10011111 111111 101111001 110111 1 11010001 110110 11010001 110111 1 11011101 110101 01001101 110101 1 11010001 110101 11010101 001101 1 11011111 110101 10010101 101111 1 10110111 101101 01010101 111001 1 10111101 1100101 01010101 101111 1 01010111 101111 01001101 111101 1 11010101 100101 10111111 110100 1 11011111 111101 11111101 011111 1 11011101 111101 110111101 101001
- Amount of stanzas: 48
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 62
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 120
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, my, a, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Wife's Protest;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
