This is an analysis of the poem A Lynmouth Widow that begins with:

He was straight and strong, and his eyes were blue
As the summer meeting of sky and sea, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dbdb efef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 1010100111 1010110101 110111101 110110101 110101101 11110111111 100111111 111101101 011111101 011100101 111011111 111100111 011111111 110100101 10100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, long are repeated.

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

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