This is an analysis of the poem Ideal And Aftermath that begins with:
I wed him because he looked nice (said she)
And I feared to be left on the shelf.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXde afafeeXe adadbXgh aiaighch
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111111 111001101 11101100111 111101111 11111111011 10100101 111101001001 111111001 1110111111 101011011 1111111111 111011001 111011101011 11011101 111001101001 111011111 1110111111 01111001 1111110111 111001111 111101111001 101001111 111011111111 11001001 1111101111 101111001 11100111111 111011001 101011111011 111011011 111111011111 101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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; i, and, he's, fifty are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, for are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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