This is an analysis of An Answer In The Behalf Of A Woman. by Henry Howard.
GIRT in my guiltless gown, as I sit here and sow,
I see that things are not in deed, as to the outward show.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghhcciibbaajjggXgggcciigg
- Stanza lengths: 38,
- Metre: 101101111111 11111101100101 111101111111 11110101101101 1001001111101 110101011110101 111101010101 111111011001101 111101111111 11111111111111 110111011101 01110111111101 100111011111 111111101011111 010101100101 0100101010111111 0101011001001 0111111011110101 111101111101 0100110001110 110100010101 101010101110001 100101110101 11110111010101 111101010111 10010101100101 111101111011 010110010100101 110101100101 10111101100101 1101010101101 10010111110111 110011010111101 011010001010111 110101110101 110101101111101 111001110011 11010111101111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 38
Repeated words/phrases
to, and, they, more, in, had, her, one
Anaphora
and
