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

Woman! experience might have told me,
That all must love thee who behold thee:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXaabbccXddeeffaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001111 111111011 100100111 11010011 110111011 110110011 110011010 110111010 1111110010 110111010 101111100 11011111 01110101 11011101 01010101 111101001 11010101 101100111 11110001 00101101 10111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 762
  • Average number of words per stanza: 139
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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