This is an analysis of the poem She Hideth Her The Last that begins with:

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She hideth Her the last—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXaX XbXb XbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1100010 10010100 01110101 01000100 1101010 110001 01010001 110011 010101 110010 11010101 01000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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