This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of Goddesses that begins with:

It used to be hard
for women,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdedeffc geacdhgicffej aXaaaffck lmaaikba khahhbhm kXnho onff kabcccjcp XpdaX fdaXXXglib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,13,9,8,8,5,4,9,5,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001 110 10111 11 011 01110 10110 00100 11000 0010 1 100101 10110 11101 00101100 010 110 1001 010 1001 0001 000101 10010 1 101011 01010 101 101011 01010 101 011 10101 110101 110 10 11011 110110 1100 01010001 0011 00101001 001011 10010 1001 10010 10010 01001 11010 1101 000101011 001100 1001010 110 101 0101001 1111010 10 001 01 101011 11101 1101001 10100101 101011100 11011111 11011111 11011111 011001001 1011011 10010 011001 1011001 11101101 1001011 11011 11100 01011001 1100101 00101 11101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words blood, we, our, when are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases blood, love connect the lines.

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  • summary of The Death Of Goddesses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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