This is an analysis of the poem The War Widow that begins with:

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Black-veiled, black-gowned, she rides in bus and train,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dede cXce ff X gccc hchc gbgbXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,2,1,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 11110110111 0111110011 0101111001 0111110111 0101111111 0111010001 01110101001 1101110101 1011110101 1011110110 1101110101 0101110111 1001110101 1110010111 1 0101101110 1001010101 1111111100 1111110001 1101111101 11001011101 1011010011 0011110101 11011100101 01001011111 1101110101 1111110111 0101101111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; good, news, may, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words good, nor are repeated.

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