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

We buried in Mount Auburn last July
The gentle, clerkly, wan old bookkeeper,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXb XX cXaXX Xc bXd bXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,5,2,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100110101 0101011110 11010101001 1111011100 1101011111 1101000101 1111010101 11001010101 0111011101 0101000111 00111101010 1001110001 1101000101 1001011101 11010100101 11111000101 110000101011 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

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