This is an analysis of the poem The Prisoners. Christmas, 1869. that begins with:
Has not vengeance been sated at last?
Will the holy and beautiful chimes... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababababcdcddede fgfgbhbhigXg gdgd ggggXjkjiXiXXgkg bhbhXhbhbgbgdldl acac mnmnXbbblclc gbgbgngnagXgfkfk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,12,4,16,16,4,12,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001011 001011001 11011001 10011011 0010011001 101111101 101001101 11011011 011101101 101001101 101011011 1010011101 011111001 0010011001 111001101 001001101 1000111110 11101001 1010011110 01011011 0010110110 001001001 1010010110 11011001 111110010 11011001 1011010110 11111001 111111010 101101011 111110110 01101111 10110110010 00100010011 1011010010 101001001 1110111100 11111101 1111111010 11001111 1111110010 1010010100 111010010 110110100 110010100 101011101 0111011010 11011011 1111110010 1010110011 0010011010 01011011 1001010010 01011011 1010010010 11101001 10111000110 1010110001 10100111110 101011001 10101100110 11101011 0011111010 11111101 1111010110 01101111 1111110100 001101001 111010110 11011011 110010110 111011101 0010110110 001111001 010110010 01011001 0010111010 101000100 0010010010 101101101 1010111110 01001011 111011010 11001001 1110011110 10100010011 1110010110 100011011 010111010 01011111 0110110100 11111011 1110011010 001011011 1011011010 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 478
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; of, as, and, their, by, oh, through, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ring, as, and, their, by, oh, in, the, through, with are repeated.
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