This is an analysis of the poem Prayer For Lightning that begins with:

My corn is green with red tassels,
I am praying to the lightning to ripen my corn, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 11010110 1110001001011 11100010110010 101110110 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, lightning, corn are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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