This is an analysis of the poem An Enigma that begins with:
A needle, small as small can be,
In bulk and use surpasses me,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXcb cccddX eefggf gXchhc bbfiif
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011110 01110101 101101 11011111 11001111 111001 11110111 11011101 011011 11100001 110011001 010110 110101010 010100010 010101 11010101 011101001 111101 01010111 01010101 0100101 10010101 01010101 010101 1111001 11010011 011101 01001101 11010111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
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- summary of An Enigma;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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