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

Women have no wilderness in them,
They are provident instead, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb cdXd ebcb bcXc afefX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110000 1110001 1000111011 01101 111110101101 1111 1101011010 1011 111111010 1101111 11010110100 011101 110101101001 10111111 1101101000 11111 110100101100 01101 1111111110111 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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