This is an analysis of the poem The Prayer that begins with:
When faints the heart for sorrow,
In life's hard, darkened hour,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb ccXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110 0111010 11010101 1011010 10010100 110101 11010100 110001 01011011 010111 01010111 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Prayer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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