This is an analysis of the poem A Prayer that begins with:
LADY, in thy proud eyes
There is a weary look, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbXbcdXdedcbfbgbcfhfhfgacahahefehX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111 100101 100101110 010001 011010111 011011 1001101 010101 011011001 000111 101101001 1110101 101111 011111 01110101 110101 11111101 101111 101111 101101 10110111 111101 111001011 101101 10010101 101101 101010100 1111011 11001111 110111 101111 111110 010010101 001101 1101011101 1110110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1122
- Average number of words per stanza: 215
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, lady, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Prayer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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