This is an analysis of the poem Parables And Riddles that begins with:

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A bridge of pearls its form uprears...

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XabX caca bcbc X adad edeXd X afaf gege chch iaaa X gdgd cbcb jjdd a abab fXhhdd a cjcjcbcb klklmeme X cece jbjb eeee X ecec haha enen hbha kXkb X cdcd ojoj nana agag hcbc h fcfc cece cjcj a eieieeXecc X hjhjafaf X ededpjpjmeme
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,1,4,5,1,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,4,6,1,8,8,1,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,10,1,8,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 01010110 110011101 100010001 11010100 01011101 01010111 01110101 11111101 01100111 110100101 11010101 11010101 1 011100101 11010101 01110001 11011101 000101010 1100101001 010101010 010101010 11011001 1 01010111 100101001 11110101 0111101 11111001 11011101 010101001 01110101 11011101 110011101 11110101 11111111 01011100 01010101 11111101 11010111 1 11010111 101101 110011101 111101 01010111 011101 01010011 110101 01011101 101101001 110111 111101 1 01011101 111101 11011101 010101 11010011 11011101 00011100 11010101 00110111 01101101 1 11011101 01010101 11110101 01011101 01010101 01010101 11111111 11010101 11110101 11110001 01110101 01010101 01011101 010101010 11010111 110100110 1 11011001101 00101000101 01011001111 101001011101 110010010011 01001101001 101101011001 001001111001 011110110010 011010010010 01101101101 11111001001 1 01110101 101101 01010101 100101 01011111 010101 11010101 011101 01010101 110111 010011101 110101 01011101 010101 01010101 111100 11011111 011110 01001101 1110101 1 11011101 00111101 11010111 11010101 11010101 10000111 11010111 110100101 11010101 11000101 11110111 01111101 11010011 100100111 11010111 11011111 01101011 11011101 11011100 01110001 1 10010111 01110101 10010101 10010111 110111001 01111101 110100111 11110101 01010011 01010101 11111101 10111001 1 110101001 110010110 11001001001 010010110 11001001011 1101111010 01001001110 1010010110 111011001101 001001001101 1 01011111 11000101 10010101 11010100 11111101 110010111 101010111 10110001 1 010011010 01010101 010011010 11010101 110000110 101101011 110101010 01000101 110101010 01011101 110101010 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 48
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 182
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; it, of, our, from, we, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, it, our, and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Parables And Riddles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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