This is an analysis of the poem Magazine Girl that begins with:

ALL women are lovely and radiantly fair
In the magazine pages today,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBcccB dBdBeeeB cBcBfffb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011011001 001011001 11101001001 001011001 11101011101 1110111111 10001011111 001011001 11111011111 001011001 11111001011 001011001 11011101001 101001101001 101101011011 001011001 11011111011 001011001 110011101001 001011001 11011111001 11011111001 010011111111 101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; one, she are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word today at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Magazine Girl;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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