This is an analysis of the poem To A Woman Passer-By that begins with:

I have once seen passing-by
A face rich with pain,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: A B X X c A B a b cXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 01101 1101011010100 111 111101 1111101 01101 1011 10111011 110111010 010101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 28
  • Average number of words per stanza: 5
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of To A Woman Passer-By;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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