This is an analysis of the poem One Of The Unfair Sex that begins with:

She stood at the ticket-seller's
Serenely removing her glove,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcb XdXdXdXcacaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11101010 010001001 110010110 11100101 010010110 0110100111 111111110 010001001 011111111 11001011 1101011010 11001001 111011010 11001001 110111110 11001001 0010110110 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of One Of The Unfair Sex;
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