This is an analysis of To My Wife, On The 30th Anniversary Of Our Wedding Day by Thomas Cowherd.
Full thirty years of wedded bliss,
My darling wife, we have enjoyed;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeee fgfgbhbhbbb ijijbebeggg ededhihieee ckck Xifiddd hiXihlhleee
- Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,11,4,7,11,
- Metre: 11000101 11011101 11110101 11111111 010011111 01111101 110010111 11111110 0111 0101 11110101 11010111 11101111 11110101 01110011 11010101 11011111 11011101 11010101 1101 0101 11110101 11011110 110010101 01000101 11011111 11010101 11010101 11110101 11100111 1111 1101 110110101 00111101 11010111 11011111 11011011 11101111 101001001 11010111 11110101 1101 1101 11011011 11111101 11011101 11001101 11011101 11010010 110011101 11111111 11110001 1111 1101 101111101 11110101 01011101 11111100 010010101 11110101 11001101 11000101 11010101 1111 1101 11011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 66
Repeated words/phrases
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