This is an analysis of the poem The Prodigal's Return that begins with:
I reach my hand to thee!
Stoop; take my hand in thine;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdaad efefggeeee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 111101 111110 1001 111101 011101 011101 111101 111101 1101 1101010 110101 1011110 1111 011111 111111 111101 101111 111101 1000
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; i, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Prodigal's Return;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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