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

There was a woman tore off a red velvet gown
And slashed the white skin of her right shoulder...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX cbX XXb aXX Xca XaaXccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101101 1101100110 1010101010110 110101111 110111100 101111 11010111 11110001 101110 110110110110 1101001110 11110101 010011100 11010011010 110100100101 0100101 11111001 11111001 0010011 0010011 011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, she are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words there, the 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 alone, walls are repeated).

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

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