This is an analysis of the poem A Prisoner In A Dungeon Deep that begins with:
A prisoner in a dungeon deep
Sat musing silently;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefgf chah dgXg ijhj ckdk lfXf elXl Xjlj idid jhkh ebhX gebe lleX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010000101 110100 01110101 011101 11010101 111101 11001101 110101 11111101 010101 11110111 110101 11110101 111101 11011111 010101 100101001 111001 11011101 010001 11110011 010101 11010001 110101 00110101 011101 0101010010 010101 11011100 110111 11010101 110101 01110101 111101 10110101 110001 110011101 1100101 10110101 110101 11111101 100111 11110101 101001 10011101 011100 11111111 110111 11010001 1001001 11110100 110101 11110101 111111 11011101 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; his, has, it, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, it are repeated.
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