This is an analysis of the poem The Prairie that begins with:

The skies are blue above my head,
The prairie green below, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdded cdedddfd gdhdghfh hahaadad ficiijij dfhfXada X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 010101 1100100101 010111 110101001 110101 110010101 010101 010010101 010101 11010100 010101 011101010 010001 01100101 0100101 010101010 110101 11010101 011101 011101010 011101 11011101 011101 11000101 0100101 01010101 0101001 11010101 010101 11010111 110101 010010101 010101 01110101 0100101 110010101 010101 11010101 011101 10011111 010111 10010101 110001 111101001 111101 10010101 100101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Prairie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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