This is an analysis of the poem The Iron Wedding Rings that begins with:

In these days of peace and money, free to all the Commonweal,
There are ancient dames in Buckland wearing wedding rings of steel; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabb ccdd eeee ffgg dXbb bbXb bbbb bbeX dXaX ccee bbee aahh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 011011101010100 111010101010101 101011101110111 101011101111101 001010101010101 111010100010101 101110101011101 101011111011111 101011100010101 101010101010101 101110101011101 111110111010110 101011100010111 101111101110101 101010111110111 101011111010001 101010101110101 101110101010000 101011100010111 101010101110101 101010101010001 101010100011101 0011101010101100 101111101010001 101011101110101 101001101010001 111111101011101 101000111010001 101010101010101 001010111010001 1100011110010101 01101110101011010 111111101010101 101111101010000 1110110101010101 1110101000101010 001000101011111 001000101010101 001100111011001 101010101010111 101110100010111 101011101010101 101010101110101 001010101110101 111010100110001 101010101010101 111110101111101 001111101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, in, to, from, their are repeated.

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

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

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