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

Her eyes are the windows of a soul
Where only the white thoughts spring,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xded efefXaece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011010001 11001101 11110100101 1000101 0111001001 1101111 1100100101 1100101 011110101 0110101 1101001001 1100111 111101010 1101001 011100101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; can, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word her at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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