This is an analysis of the poem Skirt Machinist that begins with:

I am making great big skirts
For great big women— ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdXXadedafcfebab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 11110 1010111 01010 1111111 11010 1010111 01010 1100101 11110 1010101 11110 1110111 11110 1111101 011010 1111111 11101 1010101 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 526
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Skirt Machinist;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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