This is an analysis of the poem Ms.Militancy that begins with:
She thought she was dying—ants crawled
under her flaking skin, migraines visited her...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdebf aebaXcgg caXafXda bbadX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111011 100101111000 110001010111 10101010101 100110110101 00101110111 1000101010101 11000101101 01011101 0110111111 111101010 1011110011 011101001001 101110011 01101010101 001010011011 11010101010 101010101101 0110101101 101110001111 10101101 001111101010 1101111010 0100111 101111001 0110101101 10111011 010111010101 1010010100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ms.Militancy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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