This is an analysis of the poem Riddles Of Merlin that begins with:
As I was walking
Alone by the sea,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcXdX acdXXbXX ceXecXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 01101 10110 11001 10110 110010 110110 1011110 11110 0111 10110 1011 111010 11011 1011 101001 11110 11101 10110 11011 100111 1001 101111 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ' is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ' is repeated.
The author used the same word as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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