This is an analysis of the poem The Prediction that begins with:
That night the moon drifted over the pond,
turning the water to milk, and under ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXb acdX bdcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101001 1001001110 01001011 0110111110 010100 11010101110 1010010011 1001110100001 01001100100110000 0101010011001 1001100010110 110011100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, of, thinking are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Prediction;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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