This is an analysis of the poem Boxer's Wife that begins with:
She phoned them when the Round was Eight:
'How is my Joe?' they heard her say....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXbX bXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 10111101 11011101 1110 11010111 10110001 11111101 1110 11010111 10111011 01010101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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