This is an analysis of the poem Ladies First that begins with:

Pamela Purse yelled, 'Ladies first,'
Pushing in front of the ice cream line....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbbbX XcbcdddaddaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011101 100100111 10011101 100101101 1010101 1111101 110001101101 110011101 10011101 111111101 100110111 1101101001 11111111101 11101011111 001101001001 0100111011 1110100111 001001101001 111001101001 01001011100 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 423
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word pamela at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Ladies First;
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