This is an analysis of the poem She's Determined And A Strong Willed Woman that begins with:

When her mind's made up,
She doesn't fuss......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC dec BFEEC GDGGGDF BFEEC GDgDF ABCEEC GGGDF GDGEECXGEEC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,7,5,5,6,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 1101 11 11010101 110101 0111 111111 1110111 101 10011 0101111 1010101110 111011111 10010101110 11111101 1010101110 111011111 11010111 111111 1110111 101 10011 0101111 1010101110 111011111 11010101110 111011111 11010111 10111 1101 11 101 10011 0101111 10010101110 11111101 1010101110 111011111 11010111 1010101110 111011111 10010101110 101 10011 0101111 10010101110 101 10011 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, she's, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word by at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of She's Determined And A Strong Willed Woman;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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