This is an analysis of the poem His Wedded Wife that begins with:

Cry "Murder" in the market-place, and each
Will turn upon his neighbour anxious eyes... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110000010111 0101010101 101010101101 1100010101 0101110101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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