This is an analysis of the poem The Laughter Of Women that begins with:

The laughter of women sets fire
to the Halls of Injustice...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb bde eXXd ced cca dXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010110 0010010 1011001 00100110 010010010 110010110 1010010111 010010101 00100001 001000101 1111010101 100101011 01011111 11010010010 010110101 110110101 11110010110 101000010010 1101010 1011110 11010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 The Laughter Of Women;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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