This is an analysis of the poem Hesiod: Or, The Rise Of Woman that begins with:

What ancient times (those times we fancy wise)
Have left on long record of woman's rise, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffaagghhiiggejggbbccaaeeggbbhXaabbkkbbllggjjmmeebbkkbbffkkbbggkknnooaaggeebbffbbffiibbaaggbbffeeaaaakkeemmddggppnnbbddbbkkaaggbbeekkeebbooddeemmeeccaaaaXaggiiXXaaggqqiiaaggaammbbrrbbddkkeeaammaanneebbooddddffffaabbppppjjggppggbbbbXbeeaappbbeebbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 256,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111101 1111010101 1101011101 1101011101 1111011101 0111010101 1101010101 0101011101 1111110101 11001010001 0111010101 1101010101 0111010101 1101010101 0101110111 1101010101 11100101001 1101110111 1101010101 1101010001 01010100101 1101100101 1101110101 01010101010 0111011111 0111010101 1101010101 1101000101 0101010101 1101110101 11110101001 0101001001 0101010101 1101001101 0101010101 1101010101 110100101001 1111010111 0101010101 1101111101 1101010101 1011010001 0101010101 1101010101 10011101001 0101000101 0111110101 0101010101 0101010101 01010101001 0111011101 1101010101 010010111010 101100010010 11010101001 1101010101 11001010101 01010001001 11001010101 110001101001 1111001101 01010010101 0101010101 0101010101 0101010101 1011110101 0101110101 1101010101 1101011001 0101000101 1111010101 01010100111 0101000101 1111000101 1101000101 01010010001 1101010101 1101010101 11011101001 0101000101 11010100001 1101010101 1101010101 1101110101 0101010101 1101010111 0101010101 0101010101 11110100101 11011100101 1111001101 1100101001 01001011001 0101110101 11010001001 1011010101 11010101010 01010001010 01010101001 0110010101 1101010101 0101010101 0111010101 0101000101 1001010101 1101110101 0111010111 0101010001 0101110101 0100110101 1100010101 1101110101 0101111101 1111010101 1101110101 1111010101 1001111101 0111010101 0101110111 0101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 01001010101 10101110101 1011010101 1101011111 1101010101 0101010101 1101011101 1001010101 01001010101 0101010111 0101010101 1110110101 10111100101 1111110101 1101010101 0101110101 1001110101 1001110101 01010010101 1101010101 1101011101 0101011101 0110110101 11011101001 0101010101 01010101001 1101010101 0101000111 00110010101 1101110101 1111110111 0101010101 10011010101 1101111111 1111011111 101010100101 11011100111 0101010101 1111010110 1101110101 0101010111 1101000101 0101010111 1101010101 1111011101 101111001101 1011101110100 10001000101 1101110101 0101011111 0101010101 0101010101 110110101001 1111100001 1101010101 1101010111 1101010001 1101011101 1001110101 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 1111000101 1101110101 1101010101 1101111101 1101110101 1101110101 11001110101 0101010111 1111100111 0101010101 11001010101 1101011101 1101010101 0101010101 0111000101 0101011001 0101010101 0101111101 11010010101 0101000111 0101010101 0101011101 0111010001 1101010111 1101010101 11110101001 0101010101 01010010101 01010110001 0111100101 0101010101 1101010101 0111010111 1101011101 1101010101 1101010101 1101111100 1111000101 01001010101 11010111001 100101001001 0101010101 011001101 11010001010 01010001010 101001010111 1101010101 01011010101 0101010101 110010010101 11101111101 0101010111 1101000101 111010101 1101011101 101111111100 1101010101 0101010101 1101110101 10110101001 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 1101000101 1101010101 101001110101 1111010101 0110010101 0101010101 1101010101 110011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 11585
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2004
  • Amount of lines: 256
  • 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; what, to, for, of, her, with, and, new, so, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, the, to, new, for, no, a are repeated.

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  • summary of Hesiod: Or, The Rise Of Woman;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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