This is an analysis of the poem The Henpecked Husband that begins with:
Chorus.—Robin shure in hairst,
I shure wi' him.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XXXXB XXXXB bcbcB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1111 10111 11111 11101 0101110 10101 111110 1011 11101 111010 11101 1101010 1011 10101 111010 111111 1101010 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, robin are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word c at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase robin connects the lines.
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