This is an analysis of the poem The Prophecy Of St. Oran: Part Ii that begins with:

I.
THERE was a windless mere, on whose smooth breast... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdd Xefefgg Xfefehh Xfhfhii aedefaj akfkfgg Xhchcll XbbbXff XemeXbb deaeann aXhahXh Xflflcc XXbibgX XiXilfX Xlblbaa Xehehaa Xdedebb Xikikcc Xfbfbcc Xecechh XeeeeaX XnlnlXX Xoooobb Xciciee Xhihill Xbkbkll Xeeeeaa XlhlhjX XhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101011111 0101010101 1101010101 0111110101 0101011110 0111111101 1 1101010111 00010010111 1001010101 0101110101 0111001001 11000101001 1 01010100101 11010111001 0101010101 11110010111 1111000001 11011010101 1 1101011101 0111011101 0101110101 1001010001 1001001101 1101010011 1 1100000101 11001011101 0101111110 11010101001 1100010101 0111001100 1 11010100001 1011110101 10010101111 11001010111 1100111111 0111010101 1 1111111001 01010101001 1101110101 11010101001 1111010101 1001110101 1 101010101001 01010010001 1001010111 1101100110 11011100001 1101110101 1 1001110101 1111010001 1001110111 1111110110 1111010101 0111011001 1 1111011111 1101111101 1011010111 1011011111 110101011001 0101110101 1 1111110101 0111010111 0101010111 1111011111 1111010100 1111111101 1 11010100101 11001101001 0100101001001 11010010101 1100010111 1101111101 1 1101110010 1011010100 1101010001 001101100 0101010111 1011010011 1 1111111011 11010101010 1111011101 0111010101 1101011111 11010101010 1 1011111101 11001011101 1101011101 11010110101 1101011101 110111011 1 1101111111 0101011101 1101110001 0111010001 11110100011 10110010101 1 01010010101 10111110001 1111110101 0101001001 10001010001 0101001101 1 1101010101 0111010101 0101010101 1011010101 0101010101 1101110101 1 1101110111 10010100101 1011011101 11000110001 010100101001 1101010101 1 1111111001 10110000101 1101010101 1111111111 0001011111 0111111101 1 1111010101 1001010101 110111011001 1111110101 1001010111 0111110101 1 110010111001 1011011101 1101010101 110011100001 1111110110 1111010100 1 1011110101 10110011101 1001011101 1001000101 1010111101 11000011101 1 1101011111 1001001101 11011010101 1101000111 1011010101 10010101001 1 1101010101 1101110101 1101010111 1111110101 1001100101 1111010101 1 1111010101 1101010101 1101010111 1011010101 1111110001 1101010101 1 1111110111 1111010101 0101010101 1011100101 1001001111 1101101101 1 11110100001 1101000101 1101111101 1111110101 0111110100 1011110111 1 1101101101 11011111100 0111110101 0101110101 1111111101 0101001100 1 1101001101 11010001001 0011101101 01001100100 1101010001 11010011001 1 1001010101 1101010101 0101010101 1111000101 0110010111 1101010101 1 1111010101 1111011101 1101110111 11110011111 0110110001 0101010101 1 1111011111 1111011101 0100010111 1011010101 1101010001 1011010101 1 1101111101 0101001101 01010111001 10111110001 0001101111 0101010101 1 0101011101 1101010101 0011011001 010100101011 11001111101 10110101101 1 1111110001 10110011101 0101001101 1111011001 110100001001 1111010101 1 1111110100 1011010111 0111011101 1101010001 10110010101 0111010001 1 11110111010 1101110001 01010000010 0011110101 1001010101 0101010001 1 1111111001 0111011111 0101010111 1110000101 1001110101 1011010101 1 1011010101 1101010111 01010101000 1101111101 0101011101 1101110101 1 1101010001 1111110100 1011110110 1011010101 1111000101 10010100001 1 1111010101 1010100101 11011000101 1100110001 11110110101 11010100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 42
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 335
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; or, of, and, to, us, save, so, his, her, she, as, him are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and, for, nor, to, the are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Prophecy Of St. Oran: Part Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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