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

The eyeless labourer in the night,
the selfless, shapeless seed I hold,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaa dcXdd eaeee bcXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010100001 01010111 11010101 10111101 01010101 00110011 01110101 11111101 00110111 01110101 00011111 01011011 00110011 00011111 01001101 00010101 00010101 01110101 01010101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; our is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, this are repeated.

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

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

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