This is an analysis of the poem A Woman's Love that begins with:

So vast the tide of Love within me surging,
It overflows like some stupendous sea, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaX cddcd ccccc aeeae cddcd cffcf gXbgb hddhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101110 0101110101 0110001100 11011111010 101110111010 11011011010 1101111101 1101010111 11110101110 1111111111 11011101110 0111011111 1100100111 11011011010 0101011101 10011100010 1111001101 0111101111 01110101110 1101010111 11110100110 1101011111 0111010101 1001100101010 1111100101 11110111010 0101110101 1111010111 11111101010 0100110111 10110011110 0101011111 1101110111 111101110010 1011110001 11111011010 1111110111 1101011101 111111110010 11110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, who, and, thy, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Woman's Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox