This is an analysis of the poem Jane's Marriage that begins with:

Jane went to Paradise:
That was only fair.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbadXd XefecXfX cXaXgdXX Xgdgdddd dXeXXeae eedX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 11101 0110100 110101 101010 10101 1011101 0101 101110 10101 1010101 11101 101010 10101 1010101 111000 100010 10100 1110111 110111 1010101 10101 1101010 101100 001010 111101 10100100 10001 011010 10101 1000101 111 11010 10101 101110 100110 1001100 110111 1000101 0111 10101101001 1011100101111 11010110110101 101110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet repeated the same word jane at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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