This is an analysis of the poem Mystery that begins with:
WHY does this sudden passion smite me?
I stretch my hands, all blind to see: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bXbc dcdc aXaa cece
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101011 11111101 1101001011 111111 100101010 010111111 1001001110 0101001 011001110 01011101 1100111110 100111 0100101111 11111100 010111111 110101 110101010 010100101 111101110 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; me, are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Mystery;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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