This is an analysis of the poem The Farmer's Wife that begins with:

From the hodge porridge
of their country lust, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXdbcdXeafgbXdfbehXchgXXbibhi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110 01101 11010101 111101 10101100 111101 1110010 1010111 10111 1101111 101010 10111 00101110 011101 1010111 1110101 11111 010101 110111 1010110 0110011 11001001 11111001 101011 1111101 1100101 0010011 01011 11101 1110110110 11010101 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 925
  • Average number of words per stanza: 169
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; their, of, or are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Farmer's Wife;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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