This is an analysis of the poem Three Wives that begins with:

Said Jones: "I'm glad my wife's not clever;
Her intellect is second-rate....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXaX bcbcdX bebeaX dedeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111110 01010101 011101110 11010100 111100010 1111110100 1110111110 10010111 110001010 11111111 111101110 1101000100 11100111110 10110111 110100110 11110101 111111010 1111010100 10010011 01010111 0010011 11010101 10100111 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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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