This is an analysis of the poem Spellbound And Tantalized that begins with:

The most efficient and sufficiently accepted way,
To get to the truth is to introduce it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdX XbeX XX XXefcgdda ddX feX gbdag Xbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,4,2,9,3,3,5,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101000101 01001001010 1101010100 0010101000010 1010100100111 1 11 110101011010100 0011010101010 100 11001011111 1 011101 11001011 11000101010 10010000100 010101000101 111 01000101010001010 10111011010101 11110 11101010 01011111000 010 011001001 11100101100011 110010101 1111111 1101010 00011 01101 111 1001 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, has are repeated.

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  • summary of Spellbound And Tantalized;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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