This is an analysis of the poem Her Kind that begins with:

have gone out, a possessed witch,
haunting the black air, braver at night; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbC ddddXcC efefcfC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110011 100111011 101011111 100110111 101110101 01011010101 11001 111011001 10010101 101010001 1010101101 10101001000 0101101001 11001 111001110 11111100101 100111010 1111111 11111111 01011010101 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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 Her Kind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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