This is an analysis of the poem Scarabæus Sisyphus that begins with:
I've watched thee, Scarab! Yea, an hour in vain
I've watched thee, slowly toiling up the hill, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba Xcdcdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11110111001 1111010101 1011010111 0101001101 1111110111 0111001101 1101010100 1101110101 1011111101 1101010111 011110100 0100110001 1111010100 1110000101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thee is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i've is repeated.
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