This is an analysis of the poem In Mind that begins with:

There's in my mind a woman
of innocence, unadorned but...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab Xc XX ba ca dX Xc dc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 01001011 1101100 101111 0010011101 0111111 01110101 1010 111 101010 110 1001101 111011 10101110 11100 1111 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 45
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word is is repeated.

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  • summary of In Mind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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