This is an analysis of the poem Progress that begins with:
The Master stood upon the mount, and taught.
He saw a fire in his disciples’ eyes; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcb dXdX efef gggg hbhb bibi jgjg igig fgXg iiiiXjbjb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010111 11010000101 01111010101 010111 1001110111 01101111100 1110111111 110011 11011100101 11110100111 1111000111 111010 1110110001 1111010101 1101010111 010111 0101010101 1111111111 1111010101 110101 10011111101 1101111101 1110111111 010111 11010011111 11110111101 1101111111 1101001 1111010111 1111010101 1101110011 110001 1111111101 00110010101 01101101101 111001 10010011011 1101010011 1111010100 110101 1111111111 1111101111 1111011101 110101 1001111101 0101010011 1111111111 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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:
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; to, which, not, has, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word which is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Progress;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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