This is an analysis of the poem She Powders Her Nose that begins with:

A woman is queer, there's no doubt about that.
She hates to be thin and she hates to be fat;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bbddcc ccaaXcXddaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01001111011 11001111001 10101001001 11101011011 111101011011 01011111001 11011101001 10100110010001 01011001101 11011101001 10111101011 11101001001 11001101000 11001011001 101101111001 01101011101 11111001001 011011011001 11101101101 11101011111 11011001001 111101010001 110011011101 101111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, her, and, that, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, and are repeated.

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

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