This is an analysis of the poem Unthrift that begins with:

Ah, wasteful woman, she who may
On her sweet self set her own price, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 10111011 10110111 11110101 110110101 11011101 11010101 111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Unthrift;
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  • history of its creation;
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