This is an analysis of To My Wife, On The 25th Anniversary Of Our Wedding Day by Thomas Cowherd.
Dear Bride of five-and-twenty years,
I gladly give to thee this song.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababccccddd eaeafafaccc acaccgcgfff hihi iiiijjj fkfkdbdbiii ejejlmlmiii
- Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,4,7,11,11,
- Metre: 11011100 11010101 11110111 11110111 10111111 101101001 01010001 11011101 0111 0111 01011101 11110101 11011101 11011101 11011101 111111001 11010101 01110111 11010111 1111 0111 11011111 01110101 01011101 01010101 01101101 11001111 011101001 01110101 01010101 1110 1111 100111011 11110101 11011101 11111101 11110101 11111101 11010101 01010101 10010011 1111 1101 01011101 11011101 01011101 10011111 010010111 11110101 11111111 1010111 11111101 0111 1101 11010011 11011101 01010101 11010111 11010101 110101001 10111111 11010101 11010001 1111 1111 111110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 66
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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