This is an analysis of the poem The Prairie that begins with:

The City? Oh yes, the City
Is a good enough place for a while...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb bdbdeceX dfdfgggg hihiifif ejejkkkk cecekgkg leleaeaeXlilikeke
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011010 000011101 011010110 11001001 010010110 01001011 1010010010 01001001 010011010 01001011 010111010 01001001 010010010 010010010 1010010010 110010010 010011010 01101001 010011010 01001101 110010011 11001001 011010111 01011001 1011010011 11001101 1011111010 1001111 00110010010 01101101 110010010 11001001 111010010 01011001 110011010 01011011 0101010010 010110001 1100101010 10001101 110111010 11001001 111010010 01011001 110110010 11111001 110110110 11101001 011110110 01111001 011110110 01001011 111110010 11001001 010011010 01111001 110010110 11001101 010010110 11001001 1111010110 11101011 110011010 11001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; its, and, that, it, to, who, have, those, far are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, the, its, that, to are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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