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

I sing the song
of equality; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdded dfdf egeg eehe deie jeee Xkjk keie lkmk hdjd nncn iibi eaba ejkj dimi dbXb cmjm deke gaoa eege jdbd ddjd Xeje pogo kbko edpd eqnq egng efkf eheh elil nded kfdf fjij dodo efff gdbd gded nkck nrdr ddfd foeo bX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 00100 01110100 00100010100 101101001 101101010 110100010 10111011 10111001 1011101 111101 0101101011 10101110 0101011 111101101 1101111001 101011110 000100101110 10010101 0110001011 101010001 11011 000101011001 101010 11111010 010111 101001010 1101000111011 0100101010 10100110 101110111 100100111 00100110101 11101001 00101 1010111110 100110101 11001011 1111011 01110101011 010101 0110110001 01001101100 110101 110011010010 011101010 0110010 101011010 01010 11101010101 10110100 01011101 010110100010 11101101 10101100 111001 101010100010 00010110101 101010100 0101110101 101100001 1101100 1011010001010 10101101010 1111110 00100100100 110100110 10101000100 11010111 11101001 00100010111 111111101 10010111 0100100101 0101011101 01111001 111010 11101 0100110101 111000111 1 10101 0110101 101100111 1010100010 11111 110101100 1000100101 11001 1110101010 11110010 11011101010 10001011101 1101010 10111101 1011001010 11111 001011 10111111 01101111101 101 01110 11100101 10010010101001 00111010010 1101 111011001 110001 1 011 111010 001100011 010010001010 001000011 1110010100 11111 0101010 101011 0011011 101110101 1010 01011111 0111011 10001101 10 1010001 0110110 110010001001 0010010 010001011 1011110 1011000111 11101010100 00110101 1111010001 1100010111 111101111 10110010010 110101 10100110011 0111110 11101 111001100101 101101 10 001101101 110101 010111001 10010011 10101011 1100100 0010111111 0110011 111101 01111010 111000101 110100110 1001011 110110 01111 010010110 101011 0111111 01001101001001 101010101 1100001 0111001001 001011101101 1101 01101 101001 01010100101 010010010 0100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 43
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 174
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; or, of, in, and, his, away, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words how, man at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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