This is an analysis of the poem Glory Of Women that begins with:

You love us when we're heroes, home on leave,
Or wounded in a mentionable place. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXedXed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111110111 110001001 1101010101 1100010101 1111110001 1101110101 1111010111 111100100111 11011101100 1111010111 10010010101 11010101010 1111010111 0101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; you is repeated.

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