This is an analysis of the poem Prologue To His Royal Highness, Upon His First Appearance At The Duke's Theatre After His Return From Scotland. that begins with:

In those cold regions which no summers cheer,
Where brooding darkness covers half the year, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaeeeeeffeegghhaabbXhffffaXffaacccgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0111011101 1101010101 01010100101 1101110101 11010011101 11110100101 0101010101 10111101001 0101011101 1101010001 1111010101 1101010100 1101011101 1111110101 1100111101 1101010101 1111010011 1001010001 1011111101 1111010101 01110111011 01010010101 11100100101 0101111101 1101111111 1101010101 1101010111 01010010010 0101001101 11110011111 1111111101 0101010101 1111010001 10111110111 11110001010 1100010101 0111010001 1101110001 1101011101 11011011001 01000110101 1001010101 0101010011 1111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2000
  • Average number of words per stanza: 350
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; to is repeated.

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