This is an analysis of the poem The Old Woman that begins with:
I was walking over a wide plain alone.
And suddenly I fancied light, cautious footsteps behind my back…. Some...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bc cXd e X fae gh Xij c Xd ckhX aggf hkX cXXd kX aa dj bl ib eh cl Xc fa X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,1,1,3,2,3,1,2,4,4,3,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101001101 11001101101101111 1110101 111110101110110101 10100110011100010 1011101 1110011 1111111110101111 0110011011100110110 101000101011111101 011101110001001 100110011011101001 011010111 111110101101111001 101101011110110100010 10 110011111 101110110111010010 1 1011011111101111 101001101110110111 010001011110101010100 11111 101110010001010011101 01010110111010011111 0101111101011011111 01000100 111111010101111101 10111010111011 1110110101 11101011011011111 0101101100101010010 1111001001010101 110111100 11111100110101101 0111 101101110111111010 010010 11101111101100111 1101101011 01110101101011001101 100101001 1010111100101010110 101 1111010101100111001 1101 0110101110011111011 1101 110011010100010010 10001011 1111010110111110 101010001 101
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; i, you, eyes, that, me, to, of, she, same, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines was is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase close connects the lines.
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- summary of The Old Woman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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