This is an analysis of the poem O You Among Women that begins with:

When pails empty the last brightness
Of the well, at twilight-time,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbabXc ddXXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11100110 0011111 11110110 11010 01101111 00111110 011101 001110110 11101010 10110101 001011 11011001 1011010010 00111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of O You Among Women;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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