This is an analysis of the poem Lord Walter's Wife that begins with:
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'But where do you go?' said the lady, while both sat under the yew,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bb X cX X dX X ee a ff a aX X gg X gX X aX f cX a XX X cc X hh X aa X ii X jj X gg X kk X dd X eX Xll Xmm X bb X dd Xcc X gg X dX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,3,3,1,2,1,2,3,1,2,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1 1111110101111001 101001011101001011 1 101111101011111 11001011001011101 1 111111101111001 111101100101111 1 111111011001011 11011011011011001 1 111111101101101 0111011011011001 1 111011100101111 010010110100111 1 111111101111111 011001001111111001 1 111011010011111 0110011111010111100 1 1111111001011001 11001011011111111 1 11111001011111011 11111011011011011 1 1111100111111100 11100101100010111010 1 0110111111111011 111011011001101101 1 11011111110011011 01111101011111101 1 101111101101111101 11111101111011111 1 101101011111001011 0101011001111111 1 11101101111001001 1010010111111011111 1 11011101011011011 111011001011011001 1 1111010001111101 1111111011011001 1 10101001001111111 001001111101001111 1 1001011011101111 1010110011011001110 1 1111001011111001 101010011111101101 1 11111111001001001 01110001011001101 1 1010010101100111101 101011001011011111 1 1111001001101011 101011011111101001 1 101101101111111101 11111011111101011 1 11111101011011101 11111101011001001 1 111101111111011001 110110110111011010
- Amount of stanzas: 51
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', alone, you, too, i, as, and, to, of, for are repeated.
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