Analysis of My Wife
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
Trusty, dusky, vivid, true,
With eyes of gold and bramble-dew,
Steel-true and blade-straight,
The great artificer
Made my mate.
Honour, anger, valour, fire;
A love that life could never tire,
Death quench or evil stir,
The mighty master
Gave to her.
Teacher, tender, comrade, wife,
A fellow-farer true through life,
Heart-whole and soul-free
The august father
Gave to me.
| Scheme | AABAB CCCCC DDECE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 101101 11110101 11011 011 111 110110 011111010 111101 01010 110 101011 0101111 11011 01010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 365 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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