This is an analysis of the poem Royal Prayer that begins with:

HA, I am the lord of earth! The noble,
Who're in my service, love me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba bX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101010 10011011 11110101010 1011110011 11110101111 01010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 56
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word noble at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Royal Prayer;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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