This is an analysis of the poem Her Prayer that begins with:
Low in the ivy-covered church she kneeled,
The sunshine falling on her golden hair;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc dcdc efef dgdg chch iaia jkjk lflX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10010101110 0111010101 01000101100 1011110101 1101111101 1111010101 0111010101 11001010101 1101111101 1101010101 1101010100 1111001101 1101111101 1111010101 10010010111 1101111100 1101110111 1011110111 0100011101 0101011001 1111110111 0111111111 1111000101 1111011101 1101110101 1010110111 0101010101 1111000101 1101111111 0101111101 11111101001 1101001101 1110010101 1101110101 1101011111 1101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this, her, my, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, still are repeated.
The author used the same word 'thy at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Her Prayer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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