This is an analysis of the poem Enigmas that begins with:
You've asked me what the lobster is weaving there with
his golden feet?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabacdedXfeeeghdgebah becXiaii jXeX fcjj X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,8,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101001010 0101 10101010 1110010010100010 1100101 11100101111 111101000101001 101001010100010111 11010101010010 11011010 1011010001001 101001010010 1100010100101 1110010110101 0101010 0011011111011 1101010010100010 1 01010011101 010010101011 001101010010 11011010101100 1010 0101010100011 101011011110 10 111010101101 1010110010011 001010101001001 111010101111101 0101101100 01001000110101 101010110 110111101010 0101 1011100111110 010110110101 0101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 444
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 40
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it, in, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Enigmas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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