This is an analysis of the poem Two Sons that begins with:
I HAVE two sons, wife—
Two, and yet the same; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc adadcc aeaecc afafcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 11101 101111 10101 01010101110101 01000101110111 101111 10101 111111 11111 1111111001110011 01010101110111 111011 01111 101111 10101 1101110110101 01110101110111 101011 11111 101111 10111 1111011110110 11010101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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