This is an analysis of the poem Prologue To 'Zobeide' that begins with:
IN these bold times, when Learning's sons explore
The distant climate and the savage shore;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaXXbbbbXXaaccddXeXeXfXXfaagghhXggddffaaii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0111110101 0101010101 11010001001 11110100101 11001101110 01011100110 11001010101 1100110101 110001001010 11010101010 010011101010 10110101010 11111110101 0111010101 11110110101 01010101001 1010101110 11010111010 10100 110011101110 1 11010111000 100 1101010001 10 1101011111 1010101 0101010011 1101011101 1101010101 0111010101 11110100111 1101100001 101 11110101010 01001101010 11110101110 01001101010 0001010111 1111010101 0111111101 1001110011 11010100110 11111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1813
- Average number of words per stanza: 304
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of Prologue To 'Zobeide';
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