This is an analysis of the poem Unknown Woman that begins with:

Above the restaurants in the evenings
The sultry air is wild and still,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcc aaad eXaa fbbX geXg dadX Xdfh eXdh geag Xbig Xijb ajai bjgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0101010010 01010111 100101001 11010 01010101 0100101 01011101 1011011 11010101 01011100 010110010 0101010 1101101 1010101 1100101001 01110001 11110101 0010011 11110111 10010001010 11010101 01001010 11010111 110100 111101010 11110100 0110101 10101010 110100101 110111000 100100111 110101010 11101010 100101 01001001 101011 10110110 111011 1110101 10010010 110101001 1110011 1110010101 1011 110101 10011 110011 110101 0101011 101010101 11011101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words above, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word window at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Unknown Woman;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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