Some Advice From A Mother To Her Married Son by Judith Viorst: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Some Advice From A Mother To Her Married Son that begins with:

The answer to do you love me isn't, I married you, didn't I?
Or, Can't we discuss this after the ballgame is through? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbbcCCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001111001101101 1110101000101 000111011111110 110101111111 0100011110111 010011010110111 0101101111 0100111 01001 01001 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 468
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • 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; i, you, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines and, yes are repeated).

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