This is an analysis of the poem Polyphemus that begins with:

Twas a sick young man with a face ungay
And an eye that was all alone;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bbbb bcbX dede cfcX Xccc fefX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100110 11111101 1110100101 11110111 110110011 110101 11111010101 0111101 1110101111 1101101 1011100101 01011010 111110111 1100101 1101100011 01001001 1100110101 110101 1011101101 1010101 1111011100 11100001 0101100001 1011101 1110100111 11101001 1010011111 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Polyphemus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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