This is an analysis of the poem A Prologue that begins with:

While to the clarion blown by Marlowe's breath
Tall Tragedy tramped by in hues of death,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffddgghhiiXgggjjkkeellcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100100111001 1100110101 1111110111 01011101101 1111000101 0111000101 1111110111 1101011001 11000100101 0101010101 0111110011 0101110101 1100110101 01110111101 0100111101 1011010101 1111111001 1100110101 1101010111 1101111101 111001101100 1001111111 1111111001 110010100101 1111010101 0111010001 1011010101 1100001111 1101001101 1101010101 1101010101 0111010101 0111000101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1509
  • Average number of words per stanza: 272
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by, as, and are repeated.

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

  • summary of A Prologue;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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