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

O antique fables! beautiful and bright
And joyous with the joyous youth of yore; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBABCCB adaXaed cfcfddf acaceec egegccg hbhbiibXaBABCCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010011 1100010101 1011010101 0111001101 0101001101 1111100101 0101100111 1101000101 0101010111 0111010100 1111000100 1101011101 1111000111 1101110100 1101110011 1100011111 1101111111 11110111011 1101110111 11000100001 1101110111 1111010101 1111011100 1101011101 1001011101 1101110101 1111110101 01001100111 1010010101 1101010100 11010010101 010010010101 0111001101 11010111001 1101010100 1001001101 1101011101 01011010001 01110001001 0111010101 1101010101 11010100101 0011010011 1100010101 1011010101 0111001101 0101001101 1111100101 0101100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, and, no, in, children's, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no, our, of are repeated.

    The author used the same word our at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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