This is an analysis of the poem Bill's Prayer that begins with:
I never thought that Bill could say
A proper prayer;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeXaaaa fcfcXaca cgcghehe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 0101 11001101 0111 11011101 1101 11100101 1111 11010101 1111 101111101 11110 11011111 1101 11101111 0111 11111111 1101 11110111 1101 1101010100 1111 11010001 1101 10010101 1111 10010101 1001 01001101 1101 11010101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 345
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Bill's Prayer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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