This is an analysis of the poem The Widow that begins with:
When she smiles her love draws nigh,
When she weeps he doth depart,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111 1111101 10100101 011001 11101111 1111101 1010101 01101 1110101 1101101 1010101 11101 1110001 10111001 1010101 0011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; her is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, therefore are repeated.
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- summary of The Widow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Katharine Tynan
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- Analysis of Epiphany: (For Dora, 1918)
