This is an analysis of the poem Men And Women. that begins with:

It is not that I love you — nay! and yet
Had I a lover, he would have your eyes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXXabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0011111111 1101011111 1110011111 0001011101 10010010101 11111101110 11110111110 1111110111 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.

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  • summary of Men And Women.;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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