This is an analysis of the poem The Prologue that begins with:
To sing of wars, of captains, and of kings,
Of cities founded, commonwealths begun,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXc dXdeff dadaff cbcbee ghghhh ibibjj eXefaaXaaaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010101 0101010010 11111101001 1111111111 11010100111 1011111111 111100111001 11010111110 1111010011 111111001 0101110100 1101010011 01111100101 1101010101 1011010101 1101010111 10010111010 01010101000 1111110111 11011010111 1111011101 011000101 1111101011 0111010111 1101001101 1111010101 0101111111 1101111111 0111110101 110110110111 1101010111 101111111 110110011 1101110101 1011101101 0101110111 1101110111 1110001110 0011010011 1111110101 100011101 1111010001 1111101101 1100111111 01011110111 1111011111 011100101 01110011101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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; of, it, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Prologue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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