This is an analysis of the poem Her Going that begins with:
The Wife
Child, why do you linger beside her portal? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcXd efcfXg Ad eXhi AgjXK cglm eljNc Ahcoh eNiml Al ekXc Alc eh Af bXgg ionKXkihk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,2,4,5,4,5,5,5,2,4,3,2,2,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 11111001010 11111011110 10110010010 11011 1 1101010010 10111010010 101001001110 10010 11010 01 1101111 1 1101111010010 101111011110 11010 01 101110001010 10101011010 11110101110 10011 01101101110 10101001010 10010101110 10011 1 10011011010 101001101110 111001001011 11010 01 01101111010 11101001010 1111001010 11010 1 111001001011 100111101010 111011111010 10010 01 111001110 1 11111110011 100111110010 10010 01 00111010111 001111011110 1 10111001010 01 11110 11111111011 110111111010 1111010001010 11110 10111010010 111110110 111111010011 10011 1011011111 11011111010 101011101010 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, her, old, to, i, mine are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words wonder, who, hers, i are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase wonder connects the lines.
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