This is an analysis of the poem When A Woman Loves A Man that begins with:

When she says Margarita she means Daiquiri.
When she says quixotic she means mercurial....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abXcX d efgeXghX ficcj kXiX hjgbkk jd Xif jhXaXXliXd di emddl XfcXfcjhmk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,8,5,4,6,2,3,10,2,5,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101011100 111010110100 11111010101100 111011011001 111100010100 101011 1011010100111100010 1100101011001110 1101001011100010111 01010100 110100110110101000 1010101001 100100101010101 110101010110011 101010100110010 1001101001111010 10101 111010111110001 1101011101 1110111101111 111101001110 111001111011 1011010 1010101111 0110001 10100011 001001011010 010101011 1101010000101 1101010 1111111 11110000100100 10100100010101 1100101010 11101 01 11111 11010100 11010110 01011101000 001010 10010101011 101111110 111011011 11111101110010 01011 101010111101010 11001010001 101101011110011 11101 11100001010 1010101110101 110110 1110111010101 10110101100110 1110010100010 010101111 01110110 00100101 011011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; she, when, says, means, in, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, or are repeated.

    The author used the same word when 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 When A Woman Loves A Man;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by David Lehman