This is an analysis of the poem Proem. that begins with:

I only knew one poet in my life.
— BROWNING....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdaefgcgeXehXieafdieecjfXeadhkXdgleXdcfXXfemXXXflmemhblhndfeXemXlkiemcfblfXXhlglljmndefemfmcfcm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 98,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110011 10 1111010111 0001111100 01001110011 0111010011 1111110101 0111011101 1111101101 1111010111 1101010110 0111011101 110100001000 01100101001 0111001011 11010101100 1001010111 10100110111 01011011010 01010110111 11110010101 1111110111 1111010101 0011111011 1011110001 0110010001 1101010101 0011100101 1101101100 1101101101 0101010101 01011101001 1110010001 1111010100 1011010101 11010100101 1011010001 0111010111 0010010110 0111000111 0100110011 0100010001 00110101001 1100110100 1111010001 0101011101 0100110101 1011011100 0011110001 0111001100 1001001101 1001001111 1101011101 1011110101 10011110101 1011010001 1011110101 0101000111 0110010101 1101010111 01111110101 0101100101 1011010101 11110111000 0101110101 1010010101 101000100111 1111011101 0100010001 0001001101 11010100101 0110010101 1001010101 1101010101 1101010111 1111010101 01001001100 10110111001 01010110010 1011011111 0101000111 01001000101 1101010101 01111110101 1001011111 1110001111 11011001001 1101010011 1111110101 1011010101 11001111111 1001010001 1100010100 1111011111 0101110111 0101010001 1011111011 1001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4084
  • Average number of words per stanza: 776
  • Amount of lines: 98
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, in, or, of, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Proem.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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