Analysis of A Woman Ribbed
Ah, borne from man’s ribs.
Woman — preemptively scorned.
O daunting the pain!
Man — dominating…
A woman second fiddle.
Nature offended!
Ribbing a woman.
Intentionally bragging —
By keeping her down!
But she will rise up.
Employing her stratagems —
Death to sexism!
Scheme | XXX AXX XAX XXX |
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Poetic Form | Acrostic |
Metre | 11111 1001001 11001 1100 0101010 10010 10010 0100010 11001 11111 0100100 11100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 279 |
Words | 55 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
This haiku-extended poem, written metrically, without a rhyming scheme, in the form of an acrostic, serves as an artistic composition to uplift and honor all women as equal partners of the human race.
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Written on January 05, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on January 05, 2022
Modified on April 28, 2023
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