This is an analysis of the poem A Prayer that begins with:
My invocations are sincere and true,
They form my ablutions and prayers due....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bcc ded ada Xbb ebb fXf XX gcc bXc hh X gdage X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,3,3,2,1,5,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1100010111 111100111 110111111 1 1101110101 1111111101 110111011 1 1111011111 111101110 1 110111111 1 0110111101 111111011 1 1101011101 0111010101 1011101100 1 1101010111 0111110111 010111010 1 1100111101 01111110100 1 11010011101 1111010101 1101011101 0101111101 0101010101 01010111010 10101100101 11010111 01 010110010 101010100010110
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 84
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 39
- 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; and, for are repeated.
The author used the same words one, your at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Prayer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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