This is an analysis of the poem Humming Bird Woman that begins with:

WHY should I be wondering
How you would look in black velvet and yellow? in orange and green?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 1110100 1111011011001011 111001010010101 10101101111 111101111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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