This is an analysis of the poem Menstruation At Forty that begins with:
I was thinking of a son.
The womb is not a clock ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbcddXefgeaeb AgXgfhaiijXgcXh Xgkdllaaaajdl XhXkekgh fa hggegXiXaka
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,15,13,8,2,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110001 010101 10110 1000101001 110010 001011100100 011000111 111101010010 011111 011101 0111 11 100 01001101 1110001 1010010 0101011000 10010011 0110101 01111110 0100101010 111111101 110011101 0110010101 1010100 11010101010 1100101001 11010100 100101 10011 11101 1110101100 01101110 11011111 010011 010110001 10 10011011 0111010 101 110 1 11001 111 111001 01 110111101 0011 01001 101101010 11111 111011 11101 11011011111 10101010 11010100001 10101 101111101 1101 110110 11101101110 1011 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, i, you, david are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, will, somewhere, calling are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines day is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word mine at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of Menstruation At Forty;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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