This is an analysis of the poem The Other Woman that begins with:
You have shut me out from your tears and grief
Over the man laid low and hoary.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbaAb BcbBc CdcCd XedXe EfeEfXFdfFd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101111 100111110 100111111 1111101111 1001101110 0100101010 111100100 11001001010 0100101010 100111011 10011101 100111010 10101101 10011101 101011010 1111011010 11011101 1101111010 1111011010 10101001 010011111 100101110 00010111 010011111 100111010 101101110 10110111 1001111010 101101110 101111110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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, me, his, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words over, there, bury are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Other Woman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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