This is an analysis of the poem Young Woman that begins with:

So we have a face
Cupped by tender insolences,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbaXXaaXcaddeefbfcbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 101101000 10101000 101110 1010100 10001 1101001 10101 010001 010110010 01011001 10100010 1000101 101001001 1001111 01110001 001010 011101010 11010101010 1110111 010101 1011000 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 629
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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 Young Woman;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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