This is an analysis of A Wife's Protest by Ada Cambridge.

1.
Like a white snowdrop in the spring…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abcb X defe X gbhb X gbbb X hded X faXa X biXi X idcd X cjhj X XkXk X leke X gkfk X leXe X mclc X cdcd X hlhl X hili X iddd X fhch X lmdm X Xele X hhdh X cdcd XXeiji
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
  • Metre: 1 101100001 010111 11111111 111111 1 11110101 111111 01011101 111101 1 110100111 110111 11011011 111101 1 11111101 110111 01110001 111101 1 11110101 110101 11010111 101110 1 10111111 111111 111001010 011101 1 010010111 010111 11001001 110101 1 11110111 110101 11010111 111111 1 11110111 0100101 11010111 101111 1 10001010010 010111 01010101 010001 1 11110101 111101 111101001 110111 1 10111101 110110 01011101 110101 1 11010101 110101 01110101 111111 1 10011111 111111 101111001 110111 1 11010001 110110 11010001 110111 1 11011101 110101 01001101 110101 1 11010001 110101 11010101 001101 1 11011111 110101 10010101 101111 1 10110111 101101 01010101 111001 1 10111101 1100101 01010101 101111 1 01010111 101111 01001101 111101 1 11010101 100101 10111111 110100 1 11011111 111101 11111101 011111 1 11011101 111101 110111101 101001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 48
  • Lines: 120

Repeated words/phrases

and, my, i

Anaphora

and, my, a, i