This is an analysis of the poem Book1 Prologue that begins with:
Hearken to the reed-flute, how it complains,
Lamenting its banishment from its home:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab caabbdeXafghiX hcjdagffXaceXXkX keXg lckhafXd gafddlXXgiebccXeeglg cffgXcXjg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,14,16,4,8,20,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1000111001 0100100001 10111101101 110111111001 11111001101 1001010110111 1101101001 010101011101 1100101001 010001011011 101011010000110 11110010011 1101110001101 111110100100111 1001101101010 111110101 01001010111 111101000101 101001101011 100101101001 01001010101010 1011111010 11101011101101 11101010100101 0110101111 00101001011 1010011011010 11010010001 11111110110 1111101010 11111011110 1101101000111 11111101110010 1111101101101 10110110100101 1101001010110 0111111101 111101001011 11101000110 011111111 0100001000100101 0101110110010 101110011010001 01010100011 101111110 1110110100 1100100111101 111101110 10111010010 1101010101 1101111101111 111011011001 010101011001 111011110100 111010001101 1101010100011 1011101010010 01001000110001 0010010101010111 00100111010011 101011101100 1011011110101 11101110011 10010110100100 101010101001 1001001101100 1011110011 010111010001 00010101111000 010101000101 11111101 11101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; to, my, in, not, from, of, flute, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'tis, who, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines home, flute are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Book1 Prologue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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