This is an analysis of the poem An Answer In The Behalf Of A Woman. that begins with:
GIRT in my guiltless gown, as I sit here and sow,
I see that things are not in deed, as to the outward show.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghhcciibbaajjggXgggcciigg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101101111111 11111101100101 111101111111 11110101101101 1001001111101 110101011110101 111101010101 111111011001101 111101111111 11111111111111 110111011101 01110111111101 100111011111 111111101011111 010101100101 0100101010111111 0101011001001 0111111011110101 111101111101 0100110001110 110100010101 101010101110001 100101110101 11110111010101 111101010111 10010101100101 111101111011 010110010100101 110101100101 10111101100101 1101010101101 10010111110111 110011010111101 011010001010111 110101110101 110101101111101 111001110011 11010111101111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2231
- Average number of words per stanza: 434
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (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; to, and, they, more, in, had, her, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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