This is an analysis of the poem A Wife Bemoans Her Husband's Absence that begins with:
So full am I of anxious thought,
Though all the morn king-grass I've sought,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb aaacca aadeed ffghhg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11011111 011111 11110011 01011101 111111 11010111 01011101 111101 011111001 01111111 110111 11110101 00110101 0111011 10011101 11010101 011101 10010011 11010101 111111 11010111 11111101 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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