This is an analysis of the poem The Little Woman that begins with:

The little woman, to her I bow
And doff my hat as I pass her by;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ebebfgfg hahaidid jbjbggggXdgdgcgcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010100011 111111101 11000101101 1010011001 010101111 111110101 110110101 111100101 010101111 11010111 111110101 0010110101 110100101 1110010101 0101101011 101010101 010101101 1100101001 111110101 1010100111 010110101 010100011 1101101001 1100100111 010101101 000101101 010101101 010100111 111100111 110010111 110010101 1010100101 010101101 110010101 110011111 010001101 111111111 1110110011 110010111 1010101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; her, i, to, for are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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