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The Devils's Wife (Title (The Devil's Wife (Wife of a criminal),…

- - - - 18 lines, 3 stanzas. 6 lines per stanza.
        
        6, 6, 6 => symbol of the devil
      - Punctuation
        
        many commas and full stops
        
        speeds up pace of the poem
        
        Gives a sense of normalcy to what they did (makes what Hindley did/is describing seem common/normal). This contrasts to the actions they did and it being the Devil. Adds a matter-of-fact tone
    - - 16 lines, 4 stanzas. 4 lines per stanza
      - punctuation
        
        Many full stops, barely any commas
        
        may show certainty of her confession/of her actions
        
        confinement/incarceration in prison/herself/her obsession with Devil
        
        Makes her feel isolated + trapped
    - - 14 lines, 4 lines per stanza until couplet in the final stanza
        
        Sonnet form
        
        sonnets= usually associated with love +romance, this contrasts to the betrayal, cruelty, death, crimes
        
        last couplet= draws attention + means resolution? resolution/final say of Hindley in her testimony?
        
        abundant enjambment-> shows confusion, chaos, frantic nature, distress, deteriorating mental state, or could show how her answers don't add up-> aren't true/lies that don't fit together?
        
        Punctuation
        
        Usually full stops at the end of the lines
        
        May show her lying/chaotic answers are systematic/controlled?
    - - 6 lines, 3 stanzas.
        
        1st stanza= 3 lines, 2nd= 2, 3rd= 1
        
        Increases pace of the section
        
        Draws attention to last line
        
        "Amen"= resolution-> has Hindley found her calling/resolution?
        
        3 stanzas= holy Trinity (Christianity)?
    - - 11 lines, 2 stanzas. 9 lines in the 1st stanza, couplet in the 2nd
        
        In couplet, abrupt change from "If to "But"
        
        shows hypothetical situations/imaginary scenarios didn't occur- crush of hopes, and adds negative tone
      - Punctuation
        
        No commas/full stops
        
        continuity/length of her life sentence?
        
        infinite alternatives other than her life sentence?
        
        Flow of her ideas and thoughts on her punishment
        
        Final couplet act as final decision of judge that she will serve life sentence-> that is it
        
        Rhetorical question in final line
        
        Persona questions herself/her own actions/decision made
  - - - No rhyming scheme, just a few internal rhymes
      - Many syllables per line, however not many syllables in words-> adds faster pace to poem
      - Enjambment=> grabs attention, shows how different Brady is, how twisted her attraction is, cruelty and unexpected behaviour of Hindley as a female-> changing from such an innocent girl
    - - Mixed rhyming scheme
        
        1st stanza= a,b,c,b. The rest= a,b,c,c
        
        shows her transition into a monster/mythical creature?
        
        adds rhythm of a nursery rhyme/fairy tale and adds mythical element to the lines + stanzas
    - - form resembles a recital/chant
      - No rhyming scheme-> just a few internal/slant rhymes
    - - No rhyming scheme, just rhyme between all 3 stanzas
        
        "Hell", "tell", "amen" (slant rhyme)
    - - No rhyming scheme, but 8th, 9th, and 11th lines rhyme
- - - - Imprisonment
    - - Love (Hindley's attraction to Brady)
    - - Detachment
    - - Isolation, Detachment, Religious
    - - Capital Punishments