This is an analysis of the poem Essence Of Essence Is The Birth Of The Weaker Sex that begins with:

Essence of essence is the birth of the weaker sex,
For her strength alone can please the mighty hero!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXXA abXcdAB ceXXaB decaA XXeXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,6,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001000100101 101011101010 101001001 10001100111 1001000100101 01101010001 011001010 100100101001010 1011001111011 110100010 1001000100101 1011101010 100111010110 0101010101 010001101010 111111100 100100100101 1011101010 100101010 010001011111 010100101010 10001 1001000100101 11111 11111000101011 11101010011 0101110 1001000100101 1011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • 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:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word hero at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Essence Of Essence Is The Birth Of The Weaker Sex;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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