This is an analysis of the poem For My Wife that begins with:

How were we to know, leaving your two kids
behind in New Hampshire for our honeymoon...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadefcgfXeXbhgadXgah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010110111 010110011101 11011010101 010111001100 1101101001010 0100111111 01011010111 0011110011 0010111001 11101101101 010011010001 01000100101 101010010101 11011011 010010110110 11111000101 0001011001 011101010 01001111011 11010100111 111100101101 10101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 933
  • Average number of words per stanza: 181
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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