This is an analysis of the poem The Widow that begins with:
I don't think men of eighty odd
Should let a surgeon operate;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaa bcbcbX dXdXee fgfghh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11010101 10011101 11011101 11101101 01010110 11111101 11010111 11110101 00010001 010011111 010111010 11010001 11110001 10001101 0101010100 11101101 11110101 11110101 11001101 11111101 11011001 11110101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Widow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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