This is an analysis of the poem The Ladies that begins with:
I've taken my fun where I've found it;
I've rogued an' I've ranged in my time;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXbXXbX cdbdaaea XefeegfX XhXXighX XjiXdgaX geXeigXX Aeceefaf XjXjXcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111110 110111011 11110110 1110111 1111110 1101011 110100100111 1100111 1110110010 1100101 110111110 11111001 111111110 11111111 101101001011 11101001 11011110 1101001 10010111 11011011 10111111 1101010 1101001011 111011001 11110010 1001101 1111010110 11001111 10110110 1001110 111101101101 111011001 11110010 111101011 1110010110 01001011 11010111 1101010 111111011111 111011001 11110010 1001101 10010110 01011011 11111110 1101100 111011011111 111011001 110111110 11111111 1011111010 01011001 1010010110 11011001 101111111101 11011001 10010101 111101 11010101 11101 111001001 1110101 101010110010 1101011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; i've, my, one, you, an', she, i, 'er are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, one, there's, an' are repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word 'er at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Ladies;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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