This is an analysis of the poem Enigma that begins with:

Come riddle-me-ree, come riddle-me-ree,
And tell me, what my name may be.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbcbdbdeaeabfbfaa ghghidXdfifXjcjcaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111011 11111110 111011011001 11111011101 101011111011 111011011011 111101001011 101001011001 011101001001 101011001001 111011110110 01011011001 1010011011010 0101101111 11111011001 11001011001 001101001001 101001011011 1101111011 11111110 1010010111001 11001001001 1001001101111 11101001011 100111001101 1011010010110 1101111101100 1110110110010 11010011001 0110101101 1101010011101 101101101001 101011011011 110010010010 11011101111 1010010110110 1101111011 110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 913
  • Average number of words per stanza: 173
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, and, my, to are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word be at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Enigma;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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