This is an analysis of the poem The Prisoner that begins with:
Still let my tyrants know, I am not doomed to wear
Year after year in gloom and desolate despair;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabc ddee ddff ddcb ddgg cbhh iihh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101111101 110101110001 0100011100101 110111010100 1101010101001 0111010110101 1101011101010 1101111110010 0101101011000 111101110101 101101110101 111111011101 110101010101 010001110101 1101111000100 111101111101 11001000010101 110101110101 011111010101 1000101110101 110001010100 10101011010101 1010101010101 0101011010101 111111111101 0111010100001 11010011101001 001101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, that, and, its, to, begins are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase desire connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Prisoner;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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