This is an analysis of the poem Riddles that begins with:
Soutar was famous for his riddles as well as his poetry (and some combinations of the two)
Here are six. Best of Luck....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X X XaaaX XXaXa Xbaba XcXc XbbXX Xdddd Xaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,5,5,5,4,5,5,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111010101110100111010001 111101 1 1011101 1011001 1011101 1010111 1 11111 010101 110110100 110011 1 1101111 111111 11000101 111101 11110111 110101 01011101 111110 1 1110111111 11111001001 1110111111 11001011011 1 1111 1111 101111 110001 1 1111101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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, i, thing are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thing is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Riddles;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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