Poem In Prose by Archibald MacLeish: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Poem In Prose that begins with:

This poem is for my wife.
I have made it plainly and honestly:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXa cccc dXbX deed cffg gXfX XecX fdXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100111 1110101100 01010 101101 1111011 1111111 1101 1011 01101010 011011100 11010 0111 01010101 111011 101 11 111110110 110111 1011 1011 01111001 111010001 1011001 1100 01010001 00110101 1001 00110 0101100 111010 011101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines praise is repeated).

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