This is an analysis of the poem The Prodigal that begins with:
Last night the boy came back to me again,
The laughing boy, all-credulous of good— ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1101110101 0101110000 1111000101 1111101101 1101010101 1110100101 1101110111 1111010101 1101010110 1111111101 1001011111 0101010101 1111111101 1101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 609
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Prodigal;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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