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

A woman I have never seen before
Steps from the darkness of her town-house door...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101110101 1001000111 1111011101 1100111111 1101111101 0101000101 1001010101 0100010101 1101010011 1101110001 1001000101 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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