This is an analysis of the poem Do Women Do This Better Than Men that begins with:

How can anyone be the one caring,
And sharing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbc dccXd EFBBX bcXXX EFBBX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110000110 110 001000010 0010010110101 110111110010 1110000111 100111110111 1011111011010 11010011010100 001001100010 1101010 111101110 11000100110010 101101 01111010001000 11101 0010011010 10101010110010001 010110011001 01011101011111101 1101010 111101110 11000100110010 101101 01111010001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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