This is an analysis of the poem California Prodigal that begins with:
FOR DAVID P—B
The eye follows, the land...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abcXXXd baXe bbXXX bXcXXb aebdffeef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,4,5,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 011001 1101011 01010001 100010 1010110 101010 01010100 110111 11010101 110110 101110 1110101 100010 100101 011011000 1011 01111 1100000 11010 00101 010010 010100010 010111 01110101 01010110 10001010 100100100 1100011 0110010 111010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of California Prodigal;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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