This is an analysis of the poem Prologue To Faulkener that begins with:
A TRAGEDY BY WILLIAM GODWIN, 1807.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbccdXeeaaXc bbaa Xcccdd ffgghhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,4,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100110101 11011101101 1001111001 10110011101 1111111101 0101011001 1111110101 1111101101 01010011010 01111111001 1001010101 1111011101 1101011001 110110100110 11110000101 0101011101 1111010001 0101111101 11111101001 010100111010 0010110101 10001010101 1111010101 10010101001 100010010101 0111000101 1101010101 1101010001 1101000101 011000101 1111010111 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
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