This is an analysis of the poem To My Dear And Loving Husband that begins with:
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101011101 0101011111 0101110001 0101110011 1111111101 1101010111 1101110101 11110111000 1101111101 01001110111 11110111100 11111111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 560
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; if, ever, love, live, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
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