This is an analysis of the poem The Sphinx that begins with:
THIS mystery of golden hair,
Of eyes and lips and bosom fair, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcc ccbbddee ddccffgg hheeeegg ffddXXaa gghhccff ddiijjhh cckkllii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000101 01111101 01011101 11111111 00011111 01110111 01110011 100101011 110011101 01110101 11011101 11010101 01010101 11111100 01011101 1101001011 10100101 11011101 110101010 110101010 01011011 11111101 11110111 01010101 11100101 11010101 11111010 10110011 10110101 11110111 11111101 11011001 11111101 11011101 11110101 10110011 01010101 11011100 01110111 01110011 101100010 010111010 110101101 10111101 011000100 11111101 00110101 00010101 11111111 01110101 11110101 01010001 11110111 11011101 110101001 11010101 11111111 11110001 1100111110 011011010 110010011 11111100 11110101 10010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, your, for, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, and are repeated.
The author used the same word she 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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