This is an analysis of the poem Husband And Wife that begins with:

The world had chafed his spirit proud
By its wearing, crushing strife,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff dgdggg hfhfii ajajdd cgcgff hahakk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 1010101 01000101 110101 1010100101 1100100101 111100101 1111001 0101101101 1111001 1111101111 11110101 110111101 1011101 101101001 1011101 1111111101 111111101 110010101 1110101 010011111 011101 1110110111 10001110101 11111101 110101 111101001 011111 1110101101 11010101 111110101 1010011 111110011 110111 0100110101 1110111001 10010101 1101101 10111101 11101101 0010101101 0011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, him are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word gainst is repeated.

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  • summary of Husband And Wife;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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