This is an analysis of the poem Character that begins with:

You're a girl
and you'd better not forget...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb ca Xc XXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 1110101 1111011011 1010111 111110101 10101110 111011110011 10011110110 011100 111 1011 11110 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long 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; you is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Character;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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