This is an analysis of the poem An Answer that begins with:

Thy love I am. Thy wife I cannot be,
To wear the yoke of servitude — to take... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cacadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111111100 0101010101 1011011101 1111110111 1001010111 10110111001 1011110111 1011111101 1111111111 1111110111 1111110101 1111010111 1111111111 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, for, love are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of An Answer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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