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

Tears burning,
streaming, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdaeXXXXX fgebedahdbgc eXifcfbXXXXX gbcgejcdegXk cdlblkfedhgX faebXdagXlcg eeedXgegijjh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 10 1010101 1110 10001 10110 110101 1110 1110 1110 111 1111 10101010 10101 1011 1001 01101 1010001 1010 101101 111010 1011001 101 101010 111 101001 10111 1101 01110010 1101101 111 111110 11110 10101010 11010 111111 11101 1000010 10110 10111 101011 00100 0110 1011010 11000 1101 010010 001 11010 01001 1001000 10101 1010 110011 111001 1111 1011001 01001 11100 0101 1101 1010 1011 101101 010110 1001 110 1010011 111001 1111000 1100110 01101 1011 11010 01101 110011 1101 1100 01101010 01001 11011 100101 1101001 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; 'you're, too are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of She Did It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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