This is an analysis of the poem The Rights Of Women—spoken By Miss Fontenelle that begins with:

WHILE Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things,
The fate of Empires and the fall of Kings;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb bbccdd bbddaacc eeaa ccbbffaaaa Xaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,4,10,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 01010010101 1101110101 1101010101 01010111110 01010101010 10010101010 11010100010 01010110101 1011010101 1101010101 01110110101 11011101010 01111000010 11011011011 11011101010 1101011101 0111111101 11011111010 11010101010 1111110111 1111111111 11011111010 11010101110 11011111110 110100111010 110010101010 11011111010 0111011111 1111010101 1101110101 1111110101 1101010101 1011110101 11011101010 01010011010 11001101010 101110100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word now is repeated.

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  • summary of The Rights Of Women—spoken By Miss Fontenelle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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