This is an analysis of the poem The Cunning Woman that begins with:
On all Arcadia's sunny plain,
On all Arcadia's hill,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc cdcd efef ghgh gege ijiX dfdf jkjk fffX elel geXe Xaga bgbg eaeX ejej aaaa cmcm gggX cfcX caXa XegX igig acac aXaeXafaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100101 111001 10111111 111111 110111001 011101 00010101 010101 11010101 010101 11010111 110101 11010101 110101 11110111 111111 01010101 010111 11001100 010101 101111101 111101 11111111 110111 101111101 110111 01011101 01110100 111011101 010111 11110011 110111 101010001 011101 11111101 110111 101111101 110111 10001101 0100010 11110101 110101 01110011 1101011 11110111 110111 01010100 110101 01010100 110101 11110001 110101 11010110 111011 11010101 111101 1011111001 111101 01010101 1101110 01010111 010001 10000101 100101 00010101 110101 01010001 110101 10100010101 101011 11010011 011101 101011111 110111 01011111 110100 101011101 111101 11011101 0101100 01010001 000101 1101010010 111111 101010100 110110 11011101 110101 01110101 110111 01010100 010101 11000101 110111 1111111101 111001 11010111 110101 10010100 111111 10000101 110101 01111110 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 105
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; how, we, you, her, willow are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, to, a are repeated.
The author used the same words no, when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Cunning Woman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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