This is an analysis of the poem The Mean Husband that begins with:

Thin cloth of dolichos supplies the shoes,
In which some have to brave the frost and cold....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaaa cbcbdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101000101 0111010111 0111010111 0101101101 0101011101 1011010101 1001110101 0101011101 01001010101 0111110001 11111011101 1001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; he, his are repeated.

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  • summary of The Mean Husband;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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