This is an analysis of the poem Prairie that begins with:
I WAS born on the prairie and the milk of its wheat, the red of its clover, the eyes of its women, gave me a song and a
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab acdecD f gXhijee iaebcebb deiXkfdgXb elbebif fhgeembebkbbheb mmnefde eX af lflbedeeXkelecb bgb og eeibXefpXejeepobejenoeefdeoX kojo ioiedjffjXbkifaef Xke eebaekgX XodldhenD kebfoXXXgbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,1,7,8,10,7,15,7,2,2,15,3,2,28,4,17,3,8,9,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010101001010010010010110110 10 101011010101001101011011110 10101 1010100101010101011010110010110010 11110011010101010 101111101011001101110011011 11110101010111111110110101000101010 0101010010011100111100010110101 10011001 1000111010 1001110110 01111 0010 111 00101 001001010101100101101011011 101001011110110110101010010110 1 111101011 111010101 1100101110 10101011110 11101 01010100010100010 1101010111 1001110100111 101010111010001 10010110111100111 110111100101011101001 11101111110110 0010100100111 01010111010001 10101010101 11010101101 1111111111101 1110110110011 110111010111 100000100101110101101110 11110111011 0111011111111011 1110111110101110101101101101 10 111110110001001010101001001 10011011011010101010 10101111 01011 011010 111011 010111 1111011101011100110 011010101 11011 110110 1111011 11110 101110101010011110001010101101 1001101011101010010110101101 101011100100101100110011010 111001110 1110101110010111011111111 10110110110111010110010 100010110111010111 0101111101011011110010111111110 11111010001110111011011 0110101001110011101010010001010 1100011 001010100110011 110110101011010010001 1101001 11011001011 11010101010 1011111010 01100011010 011000111 101001010111 1011101010101 1101 001 00100 01110011 01001110100100010110010010 001010001 011101001 1011001001 01010100101101011 0110111110101100110111010101101 0101001011 1111010101 010101111 111110111001 1100 11011110111 1001010101 11100111001 10010 10010011 01000100101010 10011010101 010101100110101110 01010001001100110100101 1011111001 101 1101110110011100111101001 11010100110 111010110110101010011101 11101010101001101110000101010100 1010100101101011011110111100101 1010 111010101001001010101001000101010 01000010 111011011001110 0100110111 10111001 110011010101 101101011010001010101110111010 0111101010 01101011001001011101000101110001 111011101111111011 011011 010101 1011 01110110 111100010 1101001010 00111 010001010100101110011101010001011 010011101100010111110101001111110 0110011011 010011111001100101010101001100100 1010010011001 11010001110010101100111101 1111111001111001100111010001 110110 1111 001001 1001100 101001010 10010110 111 1001 10101010101101101011110110 10111001111011010110110100110 11110101 101011101101011001111011101 111010111101 011100111011100111110110 110101010101011011110010 101011111 11010101110101001001010011111110 11 1001110101011010011110010010110 0110110110110 11010111011 1110101010011101101 11110101010111111110110101000101010 1101101110 111010010010 11110100111 011001 1111010001 101100010 010010 110100010011 111 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 507
- Average number of words per stanza: 93
- Amount of lines: 168
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, its, here, in, prairie, wheels, i, while, red, my, out, snow, on, among, old, at, your, comes, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words here, i, you, the, towns, what, a, they, when are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines up, morrows are repeated).
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- summary of Prairie;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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