This is an analysis of the poem A Proud Lady that begins with:

Hate in the world's hand
Can carve and set its seal ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dddd efef gggg gcgcXaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011 111101 101101 11001 111101001 1111 101100 1101 100101 1101 101001 11001 111011 101101 11101001 101001 111001011 1111 1100001 101011 001111 01101 11100101 10101 110101 01101 1101011 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and are repeated.

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