This is an analysis of the poem The Sphinx that begins with:
There is in Egypt, near the Pyramids,
Fronting the placid Nile, a monolith- ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcad eXaafgeeX aXdacXc aXhie fXcfaXXgccf biXgfhXdecfacafg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,7,5,11,16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001010100 1001010101 010100011 1101011101 111010 111 0101000111 01010010011 1011010101 1001010101 1101110111 0101000101 1101111101 01010010111 0100110111 0101011101 1111111001 0101011101 1101000011 1101010111 1101010001 11010011110 0101011111 0111011101 0101011101 1100010101 0001011100 0110111000 1111011111 1110011100 1111010111 0001011111 1001110101 0101100001 0100011111 0100101101 1100010 001 0111110101 0101010100 11110111001 0011000100 0100110001 01010100010 1101110101 0111010001 1101011001 1101010101 0101000101 01010101001 0101010101 1101010101 0111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; marble, and, or, that, of, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the are repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Sphinx;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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