This is an analysis of the poem Soiled Dove that begins with:

Let us be honest; the lady was not a harlot until she
married a corporation lawyer who picked her from...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabbXaXcXcccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001011010011 1001010101100 01010 011110110001011 101101011110 110 111111111010 11100110111 101101111010 10 111011001011101 10011010100 100001110010010 010010101110 01111010010 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 719
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and is repeated.

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