This is an analysis of the poem Sisyphean that begins with:

I have felt sisyphean.
Like Sisyphus, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXaXaXbXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111100 1100 010101010 010010100010 11 01011110101 111110111 101010101111 1110100101010 111001001 0111 10111001000010 111010110100 010010100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 499
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Sisyphean;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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