This is an analysis of the poem He’s Gone To England For A Wife that begins with:

HE’S GONE to England for a wife
Among the ladies there;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbadcd eaeafgfg chchgdgd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 010101 11110111 010001 11010101 111101 11111111 111101 11110111 111101 11110101 110101 11110111 011101 11111101 010001 11110101 011101 11000101 010101 11010101 010111 10110101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; he, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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