Analysis of Enigma

Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)



The noblest name in Allegory's page,
The hand that traced inexorable rage;
A pleasing moralist whose page refined,
Displays the deepest knowledge of the mind;
A tender poet of a foreign tongue,
(Indited in the language that he sung.)
A bard of brilliant but unlicensed page
At once the shame and glory of our age,
The prince of harmony and stirling sense,
The ancient dramatist of eminence,
The bard that paints imagination's powers,
And him whose song revives departed hours,
Once more an ancient tragic bard recall,
In boldness of design surpassing all.
These names when rightly read, a name [make] known
Which gathers all their glories in its own.


Scheme AABBCCAADEFFGGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 0101011 011110001 0101001101 0101010101 0101010101 0100010111 0111010101 11010101101 0111000101 0101001100 0111110 01110101010 111101011 0101010101 1111010111 1101110011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 658
Words 113
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 522
Words per stanza (avg) 110
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. more…

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