This is an analysis of the poem Prometheus that begins with:
Prometheus stole from Heaven the sacred fire
And swept to earth with it o'er land and sea....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX abba bccb adda XeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100101001010 11010010111 110101010 1010010101 1001100101 010101110010 11110100110 0111011101 1111110101 1111011001 1101111001 010100101001 1111010111 1100010101 1111110111 1111010101 01001101010 1101110101 1111011111 11111111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Prometheus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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