This is an analysis of the poem The Prodigy. that begins with:

Tho' Rhyme serves the Thoughts of great Poets to fetter,
It sets off the Sense of small Poets the better....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbX ddeeffgg hheeggXhiiccjX kkllmm nnXgjjhhoobb XalpXg bbmmmmggjj iihh hhbbppXnqqnnjj bbppXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,14,6,12,6,10,4,14,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111010110010 011010110010 11100111011 111001001111 011010111001 01101001011 011001001001 11111011001 111101001 01001101111 11111111011 011011101001 101001101001 11001111011 1110010100110 0110010110010 11111001101 01001001001 100001011011 0101001011 11011011011 01111001001 11111010011 11101001111 11001011011 01011001011 001011001111 11111011001 11101001001 11101011001 111011111101 01001011101 11001111111 101111101001 11001001101 110110101001 1110111011011 110010110111 1010011110110 1000010101110 1100101001 101100101001 101001101001 11011001001 101001011101 01001101001 011101001011 10101011111 01101111001 1110010111110 10100111010 111011110111 111010110100 11111101011 110011011111 11111111111 11111001011 101101111001 10100111011 11011011101 101010111111 11101001101 11001111011 11101111011 01011011111 110010101101 111001001001 11101001011 10100101111 11001010001 1010010110010 111110010110 0010110010001 01101001001 010110001010 001001111111 01011001001 01001001011 001001001001 101001011111 01001001001 11001001001 110001111001 01011101001 101001011011 11101101011 111010010010 111110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; of, in, her, i, she, my are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Prodigy.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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