This is an analysis of the poem Emma Goldman that begins with:

How should they appraise you, who walk up close to you as to a mountain, each proclaiming his own eyeful against the other's eyeful.
Only time...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111111011001010100110001010100 1011011110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 2
  • Average number of symbols per line: 102 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 18
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Emma Goldman;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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