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

The noblest name in Allegory's page,
The hand that traced inexorable rage; ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeeffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101010001 0111110001 0101001101 0101010001 0101000101 0100010111 0101010101 1101110011 0101001101 0101000100 01111000010 11110101010 1111010101 0100010101 1111010111 1101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 665
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of is repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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