This is an analysis of the poem The Prisoner that begins with:
THERE, where the swift Rhone's waters flow
Its verdant banks between; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efeXfbfb gbgBhfhf ijXebgbg klklcaca ddXdfdXd imimdldf gbgBnhnXXdedjbdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110101 010101 11010101 110111 11010101 1100101 11010101 110111 11110101 010101 11110101 1101010 010101011 010001 01000101 110101 11111101 101101 11110111 0100001 11110111 011101 11010101 101111 110100111 011100 110011000 111111 11110111 110111 01010101 011101 11011111 1101010 11110101 1101010 11010101 111101 01111111 110111 11110111 111101 01111100 111101 10010111 111111 111101010 101111 11111111 0100001 11000101 110101 11010111 1100100 11011101 1100001 11111101 101101 11110011 0100001 11110001 101101 11111101 0100110 110100111 0100101 110100111 010100 11011101 011101 1111101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; my, and, come are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, and, come are repeated.
The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Prisoner;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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