This is an analysis of the poem Work For Woman that begins with:

Woman, sitting at your ease,
In the midst of luxuries,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccdeeaad aaffggehhiie hhjjiifbbccf kkiihhcllffc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 0010100 1110100 0111101 1011101 0011111 11111 0110101 1010111 1111111 0111010 11101 101110110 10101110 1101111 0010101 1011111 1010101 11011 10101001 1111111 1011111 1111101 00111 1111111 1010011 1011011 11100101 1010111 0010111 11101 1010101 1111100 1011001 1011111 10101 1111101 0010101 1111101 0010111 1110010 0010101 10101 11011101 10101001 1010111 1010111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 357
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; and, to are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Work For Woman;
  • central theme;
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