This is an analysis of the poem An Evangelist's Wife that begins with:

“Why am I not myself these many days,
You ask? And have you nothing more to ask? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc Xdad ee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111111101 1111110101 1111111111 01110110111 1000010111 11111101110 01110111001 11110100010 11110100111 1111110111 1001111101 1100111101 0101110101 1001101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, to are repeated.

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