This is an analysis of the poem Widow Mcfarlane that begins with:
I was the Widow McFarlane,
Weaver of carpets for all the village....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbXXcXXacbdXdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010010 1001011010 11101110101 111100010 11001001011 011010101001 1010101011 0010101001 0101101 1111101010 110101110 1101001110 111010111 1110011101 11011111010 0101110 01110101 101001111001 11001100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 753
- Average number of words per stanza: 146
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, you, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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- summary of Widow Mcfarlane;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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