This is an analysis of the poem Woman’s Love that begins with:

A maiden meek, with solemn, steadfast eyes,
Full of eternal constancy and faith,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdcddcee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101010111 1001010011 1101111101 11010100101 1101011101 1001110011 1111001001 11111100111 1100111111 1111010101 11010010101 1001111101 10010110010 11110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nor, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.

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  • summary of Woman’s Love;
  • central theme;
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