This is an analysis of the poem Was He Married? that begins with:
Was he married, did he try
To support as he grew less fond of them ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXX bb Xa cc Xa a XX dd ee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110011 0011111100 11100 1 11010101 0111010110 01011011001 001011100 0111011 01110101 110111 101100101 011110111 100110101111 101110 1101001 011011 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 60
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
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