This is an analysis of the poem To Miss Vera Beringer that begins with:

There was a young lady of station
'I love man' was her sole exclamation... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: limerick
  • Metre: 110110010 1111011010 1111110 1011110 1010011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of To Miss Vera Beringer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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