This is an analysis of the poem To A Certain Gentleman that begins with:

(' Women are often tempters to sexual sin and delight in it. . . A recent report of a female probation officer relates that some of the girls who, as... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 481
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', that, suffrage, may, of, it, to, and are repeated.

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

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