What You Need To Be A Writer by Erica Jong: poem analysis

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcc dEc fghbgijklc XXmX lf bmlfgi iniiXh hdhlhebn ofj XOcbOblooObo ned dcEh bd bhnf bhXl akeXch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,10,4,2,6,6,8,3,12,3,4,2,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010 10 010 1010 111 111 00010 11010 10 01 1110 11100 1 1 1101 01 10 10 1100 101 1 110 010 10 111 11 1010 110 01 0101 11 111 101 0 1 01 111 11 10 110 11 10 0010 11 10 001 0111 01 010 10 01 010 01 0101 011 01 0010 01 111 10 11 00 010 111 0 10 01 10 11 1011 011 10 11 101 011 010 01 101 110 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 10 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 2

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; fear is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fear is repeated).

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