This is an analysis of the poem The Princess And The Goblins that begins with:

From fabrication springs the spiral stair
up which the wakeful princess climbs to find...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc bdb dXd ede dfd fgf ghg hbhb idi djd jbj bkb kak aba bdb dkdk ede dkd kak Xda dld lal cea XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010010101 11010010101 0101011100 0101010101 01010100101 1101100101 0101010101 1001000100 1101000101 1111000101 1001000101 0111001101 1000010100 1101001100 0101011011 1001010101 1101010101 0101100101 0101010101 100010101 0101010101 0101010101 1001010001 1101011101 0101010101 101010111 01010010111 01001100101 1101110101 10011100101 0101011101 0101000011 111010101 010110001 1001010111 0110010111 101110011 0101011101 0111010111 0101110111 100110001 1101010001 101010101 100010101 0001010101 101001101 01000010011 1011010101 0101010111 1111000101 01010001001 1101000101 0101110101 101110100 1001010101 0111010001 1101010001 0101011101 01001000101 1001010101 1101010011 1100110001 01001010101 1001010101 1111010101 1101010101 11100010101 001010101 1010010110 1000010101 1111010101 110010001001 1101010101 1101010001 01111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of The Princess And The Goblins;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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