This is an analysis of the poem Call It A Good Marriage that begins with:

Call it a good marriage -
For no one ever questioned ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXcXdcc XXceAXde AXXbbXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 1111010 01010100 110101 01111000 1101010 10101010 011100 111101 001000100 1101011 110101 100010 1111010 0101010 11001 100010 1101010 1101000 110101 10100111 0101110 11100111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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