This is an analysis of the poem One Glass Ceiling that begins with:
Preferences made,
Are too often subjected to change....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXbabcdecdee dX ffghaed X bbfhgdXi X fiXichh X dcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,2,7,1,8,1,7,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001 111001001 1011111 00100010 101001 011111101 1 100101010 001001010 1010011 010101001100 010111010 01010110001101 010101010100 111010111 01101101110 1 1111101 101010110010 1111010101 1010000010 110101 00010010101101 111001011111 111001 010111001110 11110011 11011001101001 1111111110 00110110111 1 11111 111001011111 1 111001010 11110111011 111111 010101001100111 10101100111 0111010001100 111001011111 11001010 1110111101101 1001101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; you, to, just are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of One Glass Ceiling;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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