This is an analysis of the poem A Woman Speaks that begins with:

Moon marked and touched by sun
my magic is unwritten...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXcXdcefaXec gdahdXech aigbfdjiaj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,9,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 1100010 110111 0011101 11110 0111 101010101 1001110 111 1111 1010 1101 101111 1000100100 1010101 1111 0111110100 1110111 1110 110 100100 1101111 11100 10 11010 1011 0111 111000110 101110 011110 10 11 10 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (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; my is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Woman Speaks;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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