Poem Analysis of She by Alice Walker for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem She that begins with:

She is the one
who will notice...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: Abacde Afg hiajbbhd bd kjchbkflf Ag Afbf Ac Akdfm Akeb dl AcXf hdbnX AX Abh Ache Ahn Ak lbjl Xafmfo Ajahb Adgf Afa d becaXo h e jbbnfl hffaidb gc X
Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,8,2,9,2,4,2,5,4,2,4,5,2,3,4,3,2,4,6,5,4,3,1,6,1,1,6,7,2,1,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 1001 1010 101110 001 0 01 1001 10101 10 1010 1 11001 10011 1100100 0110 110 1 0110 1 1001111 011 110 1101 0101 10 11 00 1 1001 1010 1001 10101 01 101 1001 11110 1001 111 011 11 1 1001 111 1 0010 0111 10101 1001 10 01 001 10011011 10100 101 010110 1101 1001 010 1001 11 011 1001 101001 1 0101 1001 1010110101 101001 1001 101 01111 11101 11 1011 0110 11110 11 101 110 1 1001 1 011010 1011 101 1001 101 110010 1 1001 11 010 100111 100111 1010 01010 011001 101000 011 1011011011 10010 11001 100 0110 1 100 01 1011010 011 011010 10 001 1100 1 1111110 110 10
Amount of stanzas: 30
Average number of symbols per stanza: 59
Average number of words per stanza: 12
Amount of lines: 118
Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, she are repeated.
The author used the same words she, if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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She by Alice Walker: poem analysis

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