This is an analysis of the poem A Light Woman that begins with:
I.
So far as our story approaches the end,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: a baba X cded X cfcf X cbcb a gbgb a bebe X dXdg X hchX X fifi e dddd a aeae X cjcj X klkl XXcbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 11111001001 1111001011 111010011 0010111 1 1110101001 1100100101 1110100101 1101101 1 111110001 011101111 001110101 010101 1 101110100 110010111 110010101 11110101 1 1110111101 111010101 111111101 1110101 1 01011011001 010100101 110111101 100101 1 111111011 11110100 1110010101 010011 1 11001110101 111011101 1110110101 1010011 1 111101111 1011101001 101011101 1111101 1 011010101 00100110101 110010111 1110101 1 1111101111 1111100111 11101111101 110101 1 111010101 110010111 1101110101 1101101 1 110101101 1010110101 1011110111 1111101 1 110110101 111111101 1101011001 10011011
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 70
- 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; her, my, it, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, what are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Light Woman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
