This is an analysis of the poem Prayer (Meditation) that begins with:
When in prayer,
Most take this time......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBcdb dBefgd eXfcbgfX hhdfae cXdhfccXh ecfXcfe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,8,6,9,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 1101 01001 1010010 01000 101010 1101 1011 10001 0101001 110 10101100 11 010101 11111 110100 01001010 011110 11011000 1111001 1010 001110 1010101 01010101 01101 11 101111 0100101 010101 100101 01 0111101 10010 0101 1101 01010 01000101 010010 010100010 11000101 01
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Prayer (Meditation);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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