This is an analysis of the poem Egyptology that begins with:
I am the Sphinx.
I am the woman buried in sand...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXeef fa eadXXXdae dXXfdXf XXebdaaf XXCbCXfeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,9,7,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 110101001 1001 11101110100 0011 01111110 111 1110 1111110 1100 11010011 11001 00110010 10110010101 0101010 1001011010 0111 11010 01001 111111010 0111 1110 10010010 1001 01100010 0101 001001 0101001 11000 01101011 111010 11110110 111111 0111 0100111 0101 0010011 01110 0010011 01010 010 111 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, to, a, my are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines riddle is repeated).
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- summary of Egyptology;
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