This is an analysis of the poem The Prophet that begins with:
Longing for spiritual springs,
I dragged myself through desert sands ......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaaccaddaeefddXgggfaahahX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101100001 11111101 11001101 01011101 0101111 11111001 11010101 11010001 111101010 110101110 110100010 11011101 110010111 1100101010 1111011 11111101 01110101 10010101 11010101 0011011 001111011 11110011 1110101 00110101 11111101 11000101 10110111 01010101 11010111 10110011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1055
- Average number of words per stanza: 195
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; eyes, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Prophet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.