This is an analysis of the poem Old English Riddle that begins with:
My dress is silent when I tread the ground
Or stay at home or stir upon the waters....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101011101 11111101010 0111010101 1101010101 11010011011 0101011100 1011110100 1101111101 01110101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 365
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
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- summary of Old English Riddle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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