This is an analysis of the poem Prelude that begins with:
How could I love you more?
I would give up ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXXbXb cXbXabXXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111111 1111 1011011111 1111110 0111011101 1111101111 1111111101 11001111101 1101001111 1101011101 1101010111 1100111 0101111 111011001 1111110011 1111111111 1111011111 1111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, give, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dust is repeated).
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- summary of Prelude;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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