This is an analysis of the poem The Widower that begins with:

For a season there must be pain--
For a little, little space ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbab cddcd effef ghhgXeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101 1010101 11101001 1101101 11011001 101001101 1010101 11111011 1111101 10100101 111011001 1010100 1111101 10101011 1101011 1111101 10111101 11101111 1111101 1010111010 1100101 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; my is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Widower;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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