This is an analysis of the poem A Wife Deplores The Absence Of Her Husband that begins with:

Away the startled pheasant flies,
With lazy movement of his wings....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa babX acac cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 01010001 11111011 11010101 01011101 01010111 01110111 11011101 11111111 01001101 11011101 10110101 11011011 111101001 01010111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; his is repeated.

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