This is an analysis of the poem Eve, Oh Eve that begins with:
Why wouldn't Eve have eaten of the fruit?
Didn't she have a hand to reach out with,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXaX abXaXb acX b b a d d c a X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110001 1011010110 10010101 101101011010 011101 010101 111101110001 11110101010 101001 0101 11110101 011010010010010111 01101001 10111 011110 1111101 0111101111 011110001 101011110101 11 1000111010001 10111001 11001010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, her, there, because, eaten, has, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, because are repeated.
The author used the same word because 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 joy is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word joy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase joy connects the lines.
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