Analysis of SPHINX
The Face that haunts and puzzles and allures us
of Sphinx
Inscrutable , invincible ,
distant and close
Survivor of innumerable lore
A Guardian that stands alone
And looks upon millennia
And guards the treasures
of our sacredmost knowledge
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111010011 11 01000100 1001 0101010001 01001101 01010100 01010 110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 241 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 198 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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