This is an analysis of the poem Sphinx that begins with:
O glad girls' faces, hushed and fair! how shall I sing for ye?
For the grave picture of a sphinx is all that I can see.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc cc Xaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11110111111111 10110001011111 10010001110101 00100111010001 10110101001101 10110111110101 101101010010101 10110111110101 111101001101111 10110001011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Sphinx;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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