This is an analysis of the poem Why Does She Put Me To Many Indignities that begins with:

Why does she put me to many indignities,
Shifts to prevent myself thinking upon her, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110100100 10011110010 11010110110 111110111110 10011110010 10110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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