This is an analysis of the poem Proem that begins with:

Alice, I need not tell you that the Art
That copies Nature, even at its best,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXXcdefgdeXbadacgdhha babXcdcdbgXbcbX dXbbfXaiXddagebX dceXcXddfcaadiabdebbadfgbcXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,15,16,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011111101 1101010101 0101000101 1101000101 0011001101 1100011000 0101110101 0101000101 0001010101 1101011101 1111000011 1101000101 1001010111 1110010100 10000101010 1101011101 0100010011 0100011101 0100010111 0001010101 1111111001 1011010101 0111000111 1101110011 1101001001 0100110001 0101001101 11010011011 0111110101 1001111110 1101011111 1111110011 0100010111 0101010001 0101011101 0001001101 1100010001 1101000101 1101011000 0111011001 1101010100 1011000111 1011010101 01010000101 01111111110 0101110101 0101010101 1011110100 01011101001 1101010101 0101010101 0111010111 0011010101 1101110101 1101011101 1101001001 1011000101 1101000111 01010111010 0111110101 0101010101 1001010101 10101010101 1100010101 0111010101 1111011101 0101011001 1011000101 10011110101 1110110001 1111010111 1101000101 1111010101 1111011101 11010111001 1111010101 1100010111 0101011010 0100110101 1001010111 1100010101 0011011001 0101011101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 864
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; her, according, to, and, all, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words according, the, my are repeated.

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  • summary of Proem;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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