This is an analysis of the poem The Sphinx that begins with:
The Sphinx is drowsy,
The wings are furled;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabccdc beeefgfg hhXheici bciciiji kbbbflfl mnbnfibi iiXiabkb mdkdgbkX maXnmhjh icecmece Xjcjhbib iickmnmn ebmimXin kXkXghXX enXnmnaX kebehbjb ihiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010 01110 01010 11101 1011110 01011 101001 1110011 110011 01001 110001 1001 1010010 101001 111010 11011 1001011 10001 010010 01011 010010 01101 110010 11011 11101 01001 110010 11001 010010 01001 101101 111001 1011110 11001 1110010 11001 1010010 01001 110010 01001 111010 1101 1010110 01001 1010110 011001 101001 011011 10110110 01101 110110 11011 011010 101001 111010 11001 1000110 01001 1010010 11001 111111 111111 1010110 1101110 1101010 011100 10111110 110101 11110 11001 110010 11001 111110 01001 1010010 111001 01010 11101 111001 101101 1000100 11011 0011010 11001 0101111 01001 111110 11001 1010010 11001 1011010 101001 11010 101011 111010 1011 1001010 11011 110110 101011 111010 11010 110110 001001 10111111 110101 11110101 0101010 0111011 11011101 11110110 01111100 101011010 111101 1001010 1110001 1111110 0110101 11110100 1001100 100101 111101 11000101 1100001 110000101 1100101 11000101 111001 101010 1010101 101010110 01001110
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 132
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, its, and, has, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, out, he, who, she are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Sphinx;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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