This is an analysis of the poem Honor To Woman that begins with:

Honor to woman! To her it is given
To garden the earth with the roses of heaven!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb cXcXbdbdXaeeee cfcfcgcg XgcXdc cacacgXg Xbdccd bhbhcece XXhcch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,14,8,6,8,6,8,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010000010 010010010010 11110010110 0010010010010 111110110010 111010010 00101010 1110101 01100110 1010101 10101010 1010001 10011010 11100101 11001111110 101101011001 101001001 001001001001 11001011001 11011001 11111010 1010101 10111010 1010101 11101010 1010101 10101010 1010101 110110110100 110010010010 11001001 110111011010 01001001011 101001001 11111010 1110101 10101010 0011111 11101010 1011101 11101110 1010101 01101111010 011010010010 01001101 110111011010 110011110010 11011101 10101110 1010111 11001010 1011101 11101010 1011111 101010010 1010101 110011010010 0011110010110 11111001 010111010010 110010010010 101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, how, she are repeated.

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

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