This is an analysis of the poem I Am That Prize Recovered that begins with:

In soulful song praises,
To a life that is so loved....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcX aabac dXad ecbdb bFeF XeeX cXXf X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,5,4,4,4,1,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110 0011011 110001010 10100 10100110000 010111 1101100 11010001 11111 101001 111010100 01011 01110 0110111011 1111010101001 101000010110010 1111010 10101 11110 11101 0110001 11001 0110001 1110101010 111 1111 11110 1 110010101 11101001 10111101010 1110 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; my, i, and, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of I Am That Prize Recovered;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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