This is an analysis of the poem The Sexes that begins with:

See in the babe two loveliest flowers united--yet in truth,
While in the bud they seem the same--the virgin and the youth!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddee eeffeeddgghhiibbjjeebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001110010010101 10011101010101 11000101110111 010101001010101 010101110101001 11110101010101 100101010010101 11011111010101 010010101010111 1101001011101001 110101010111001 11011001110111 0100101001010101 110101100110101 1001110010101 01010111110101 01111101100101 11100111110101 111101100010101 110101001011101 01010101110101 1101111010101 11010101010101 1100101000100101 11011101110001 111100101001101 01110101010101 01010101110101 110101010101010 110101010101010 11110101110111 1101011011001 1100111110101001 11011111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1056
  • Average number of words per stanza: 188
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, and are repeated.

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  • summary of The Sexes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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