This is an analysis of the poem The Prisoner that begins with:
I lash and writhe against my prison bars,
And watch with sullen eyes the gaping crowd . . ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc bdbd ebeb fdfd caca ebebXacac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011101 1101010101 1111010101 0101110111 1111010101 1101010101 1101010010 1111111111 1111110101 1011110101 11011101101 1111111101 1011111101 1100111101 1111010100 0101010001 1101110111 0011101111 1101010101 1111010101 1101101011 0111110101 1110110101 11010111001 1101011101 1101010101 0101000101 0111001001 1111011101 1101101111 1111010101 1101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and, i, her, of, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
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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