This is an analysis of the poem Distichs that begins with:
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Wisely a woman prefers to a lover a man who neglects her. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xb X cd X ea X fc a gb a hX X Xf X bh X dd i Xi a fd X he X da X Xa X hf X dg X dX X cX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10010010010011010 01110111101001 1 11110010111110110 111101110001011 1 10110010110011010 101000111011001 1 10110010110110010 11010011001001 1 100111010011010 11010111001101 1 1111010010010110 10111011011011 1 101110110100110010 11010011001011 1 1101010110110010 10010011001111 1 1111110110010110 11010011111001 1 101111001011110 11111011111101 1 10111011010011011 11010011101001 1 011100111110010 11111111101001 1 11010011010010010 10011011111001 1 011111001110010 11111111001001 1 11011010010011010 1001111101111 1 100100010110110 10110110011111 1 1101101010110010 10010011001001 1 11011110110011010 10010011101101
- Amount of stanzas: 36
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, to, and, it, you, your, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
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- summary of Distichs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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