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

The Blue-Eyed Giant, the Miniature Woman
and the Honeysuckle ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX BacdXC bdbXXdXc BaabddXC dXdXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,8,8,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110010110 101010 1101110 11010110 01011001011 0010110101 0010010 1101 01011010 101010111 101011 1010 111101 00101010101 0010010 111 1101110 11010110 01010110 010110110 110001011 11111100010001100101010101 0010010 1101 1011101010 010001001111 00101010101 0010010 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, giant, woman are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and, in are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines woman is repeated).

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

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