This is an analysis of the poem Sphinx And Medusa that begins with:
The old constraint of an essential bond
Hath linkt them in my mind: opposed they stare,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaabba XcaXca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0101010101 1100110111 1100111100 01001110101 10010011101 0101110101 1101110001 1001101110 1101011111 1101111101 1101111111 1001000100 1001000101 1011010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; as is repeated.
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- summary of Sphinx And Medusa;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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