This is an analysis of The Switzer's Wife by Felicia Dorothea Hemans.
Nor look nor tone revealeth aught
Save woman's quietness of thought;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaaX Xb ababcX dedeff cgcgff hahacc icicff jhjhcc hkhkgX lhlhcc fdXdgg mamacX jdjdaa hbhbee aaaahh mcmcnn hghghh okokXX Xgogcc haXabX jljfpp
- Stanza lengths: 5,2,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11111001 11010001 11010001 01010011 1 1111110101111111111010 101 0101110101 1101010111 1101010111 0011010111 1011011111 11010010100 11011101111 10010001010 1101110101 11010101110 110100100111 1111000101 1101010101 1101010101 1111110110 0111111111 10101011101 10001100101 0111011011 000101101 01001000111 1001010101 1101011101 10011100101 1101011101 11010010101 1011010101 1101010101 1101110101 1111010001 1011000111 11000101101 0110100101 111100101111 1111111101 1111101101 1011011111 1101011111 1001011111 00110111101 1111000101 01010011010 1110011101 1101001101 1100010101 110111100001 1111110111 0111010101 1111011101 1111010111 1100111101 1101000101 1101011101 1101010111 11001100110 0111001101 1011110101 10010101001 0101111111 1111011101 0111110101 1101011101 1011010101 1011110101 1101010101 1011110111 1111010111 0011001101 01010101010 1100010001 11011110110 01110001010 1111101101 1101100101 1100111101 10110001101 1111011101 1111110111 1111111001 1101000111 11010110011 0111111101 10110001101 1111010111 11010100101 0110011111 1100011101 1111011101 1111110101 1011110101 1101010101 0101110101 1101011101 0011110101 1100111000 111111111 111101001100 01001010101 11000111110 00111100101 1101110101 1111110101 1111010011 1111010011 10111111100 0101010101 1101011111 11011101000 1111010101 0011110101 0011110101 01010101001 10011100101 0011010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 21
- Lines: 123
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, thee, her
Anaphora
and
