This is an analysis of the poem Just Like A Man that begins with:
This is the phrase they love to say:
'Just like a man!'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbbbXcXcXaaaXaXXXdddXeXeXXffX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00011101 1101 11100101101 1101 01001001001 0100101101 10110111101 1101 101101111 1101 111100111 1101 1101100101 101101101 00100110101 1101 101101101 1101 1001000100 1101 1001101111 110101111 1100100111 1101 100100101 1101 100101111 1101 1001011001 10100110 111110100 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1027
- Average number of words per stanza: 207
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Just Like A Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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