This is an analysis of the poem The Woman That Was A Sinner that begins with:
His face, his words, her heart awoke;
Awoke her slumbering truth;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXXd ecec bfbf dgdg hdhd icic dcdc icic fjfj khkh dldl fmfm jijiXclcl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 0101001 11110111 110111 01110101 110001 01010110 11010 1 11010111 101101 01010111 011001 01010011 100101 00010011 100101 00010101 0100001 01000111 110101 01110101 010101 01010101 100101 11011111 0100101 11110101 0101001 11111111 010111 01111111 100101 01011101 010101 10110101 110101 10010011 011111 01111011 100101 11110011 110101 01001101 1011000 11011101 111101 10111101 010101 10110101 110101 11011111 010101 11111111 010101 11011101 110111 10110101 011101 11011111 111100
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, her are repeated.
The author used the same word her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase awoke connects the lines.
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- summary of The Woman That Was A Sinner;
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- idea of the verse;
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