This is an analysis of the poem My Wife that begins with:
Trusty, dusky, vivid, true,
With eyes of gold and bramble-dew,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXb ccXcc ddece
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1010101 01011101 11111 011000 111 10101010 011111010 111101 01010 100 1010111 01010111 11111 01010 101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of My Wife;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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