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

At ten AM the young housewife
moves about in negligee behind...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb XXXca bcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 10101001 010100101 111010011 10111001 010111111 11000100 110111010 00101 01001011 10010110 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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