This is an analysis of the poem No Fault In Women that begins with:

No fault in women, to refuse
The offer which they most would chuse.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeabddff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 01011111 11010001 110011011 11010011 0100010 11010101 01110101 11010011 01011101 11000111 01010101 11010110 11000101 11010011 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 545
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in is repeated.

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  • summary of No Fault In Women;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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