This is an analysis of the poem Prime that begins with:
You must be channeling a fool,
If you expect I should converse with one....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcbcdXXb AXeeeffdff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010001 0101111001 101010011 011110101 0100110 110101011 0010101001 0111110 110010111 11010001 0010100110 111101 1010100101 111 110 01101001 1101 1100100 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fake is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Prime;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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