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

Naked before the glass she said,
“I see my body as no man has, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabaC aXabac XababaC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 111101111 11010111 11000101 1100101 10110001 11111111 011111000 1011101 10010100 01011101 1101111 11010111 11110100 110101011 100101101 11110011 10110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Young Woman;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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