This is an analysis of the poem Man And Woman that begins with:

[ According to Maori mythology, the god Tiki created Man by taking a piece of clay and moistening it with his own blood. Woman was the offspring of a... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbacddceffaeggahiih jbbjkiikgllgimmiebbagjjg njjnbggb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,24,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001001000111010111001011100000111010110011101010 1111010100 1001011100 0011111101 111000100 1111011001 0101110111 1101010111 011100001001 1101101101 1101000101 1100010101 1110010100 1101011101 1101000111 10110100101 1101010100 1100010011 0001010001 0101110111 0101010101 1101010101 0101011001 0101110101 1101110011 1111000001 0110010101 1101010101 0001011101 1101010000 1101110101 1101011101 0101000111 1111010111 0001011111 1101111111 0111010111 1101011101 1111011111 1011010101 1111010100 11010111111 0110011011 1111000101 0111010111 11110101010 0101010001 0101011101 11011110010 1101011101 01010100101 1100010011 0101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 809
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; god, with, and, his, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of are repeated.

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