This is an analysis of the poem Here A Riddle Has Drawn A Strange Nailmark that begins with:
Here a riddle has drawn a strange nailmark. To sleep now!
I'll reread, understand with the light of the sun,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cXbX Xdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110110011 111101001001 10111100010010 111101001 11111101101010 0111110001101 1011110010110 101001011 1110111011110 011010101001 10100011110010 001001001111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, touched are repeated.
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