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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  • history of its creation;
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