This is an analysis of the poem Proem that begins with:
Where are they-- the Afterwhiles--
Luring us the lengthening miles... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbccbbddXX eeffdXggddgX aahhiijjaagX eeccddffccgX XabbXcffaXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101000 101010010 0111001 0010101 1010101 1011101 00111001 0010101 1010101 10110100 10101100 1101000 1001101 1011111 00100101 0010101 0010001 0110100 1001101 1010111 0010101 1010101 0011001 1110100 1001101 0010001 0100001 01101001 0110111 1110101 1010101 1011111 1110111 1110101 1011101 0110100 1001101 0110100 1011011 0110111 1010111 1011001 1110111 0011101 1110111 1111101 1110111 1011100 10101000 111110110 010101 1011111 1010010 1100101 011000101 1011001 11100111 1011100 111010010 10001000
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and, to, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, of are repeated.
The author used the same word afterwhile at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word afterwhile at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase afterwhile connects the lines.
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- summary of Proem;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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