This is an analysis of the poem Andrew Rykman’s Prayer that begins with:
Andrew Rykman's dead and gone;
You can see his leaning slate... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh cece iiaaffhhddhhii ffiibbeeaa ddhhddaaffhhaajjggiiaaccggbbaaddcc ddaakkkbbhhddcceebbgXjjgg bbiieecciiaaeeiiffbbbbbddaaeebbddbbaabbkkccaaddaalleecchhee hheehXffeebbhj ccXehhaaddbbaahhkkbbhheeeX fXfhXhaha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,14,10,34,25,59,14,26,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1110101 0011101 10111 1010111 1010101 1010100 10101 1011101 1010111 1010111 10111 1010101 1011111 1010101 01111 1111110 1111101 0110100 11101 1010111 1010101 1111101 1110101 1110111 10100101 1010111 1001101 1010101 1000101 1011101 1000101 1010011 0111101 1111101 0010111 1010111 0110101 1011111 01100101 10010101 1010111 0110111 1011011 1111101 0110100 1110111 1010101 1111111 1001100 1010101 1110111 10100101 1011101 11111111 1111111 0010111 1100100 1111111 00101001 1011101 1010101 1110111 1110111 1110101 1000101 1010011 1110101 1010100 1010101 11101011 1010011 1010111 10110111 1010100 1010111 10111100 1110100 1110111 1111101 1110111 0110101 1110001 1011011 1110101 1111101 1111101 0010001 1010011 0010101 1011100 1011101 1010101 1010101 1011110 1011011 10111001 1010101 1010101 1101101 0010100 1110001 10010100 1110111 1011101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1111101 1110101 00100100 1011111 1111011 1011101 1111101 11111000 0010101 1011101 1110111 1110101 1110111 1010101 1001100 1011111 1011101 1011101 1111111 1010100 10100010 11101010 10110001 1010101 1011101 1010101 1111111 1010100 1111101 1110111 1011101 1111011 1001111 11100101 1110101 0111101 1110111 1110100 1010111 0010101 1010111 1011100 1010111 1010111 1110111 1001101 1011101 0111100 1110101 110100 1011101 1111101 1000111 1110101 1011111 1010110 1011101 1010001 1110101 1010001 1001011 1011001 1110101 1110101 1110111 1011101 11111011 1011101 0111111 0010101 01111100 1111101 1001101 1110100 1010101 1010101 11101001 0011011 1010101 1010101 0101101 1110111 0010110 1111101 1110111 0011111 1010101 1100111 1110101 1110011 1010101 10101010 0111110 11100100 1110101 1010100 1010101 00101 1010101 1110101 1111011 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 388
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 213
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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, he, of, in, i, alone, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , and, not, all, i, let are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases , prayer connect the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Andrew Rykman’s Prayer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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