This is an analysis of the poem The Prayer that begins with:
Wilt Thou not visit me?
The plant beside me feels Thy gentle dew;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abab Acac dcdc efef agag
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111101 0101111101 110010111 01110100101 111101 1101110101 1100111 1111010101 111111 11010011101 11011101 111011010101 101100 1111111011 110101 1101011101 111101 1111110111 110111 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.
The author used the same word wilt at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Prayer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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