This is an analysis of the poem Prologue that begins with:
A PROLOGUE? Well, of course the ladies know,--
I have my doubts. No matter,--here we go!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddeeffgghhiijjbbccdXeedX hhhheeiiddkkcchhhhaa ggiiggllaaXhgXXceeddgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,20,22,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010101 1111110111 1001011101 1101111111 10101011101 01010100111 1000110101 1101010101 11010111111 0101111101 0111010101 011110101 11001010110 1101010110 1001010111 0111000111 1101010111 1011111111 1011011111 1111010101 11001010101 1111011101 1011000101 1111010101 11110110101 1011010101 1001010101 11011100111 1011010001 1111011101 10110000101 1101111111 111101101 0111001001 1001110111 1011000101 1101110101 1101010101 1001011101 01110111101 1011001101 1100110101 11110101110 101101001010 0101010101 1011000101 11010011101 1111010101 1111010101 11111111111 1101010111 1111011011 1001000101 0111010111 11010010101 1101010101 11110011101 1001010101 0101000101 10101010001 1101111001 0101110101 11010111001 01001011101 1111010101 11110110100 11011110110 01001100101 1011010101 11010100111 10110001001 0110011101 1101110101 1101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1129
- Average number of words per stanza: 201
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; boy, you, ' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase here connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Prologue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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