This is an analysis of the poem Transitional that begins with:
First he said:
It is the woman in us...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcccXXbXXX abX aX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,3,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 0001001 1111 110100 11010 1111 11111 1010 0011 1010100 1011000 111 1110 11010 1110 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; us is repeated.
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- summary of Transitional;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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