This is an analysis of the poem Priscilla that begins with:

Jerry MacMullen, the millionaire,
Driving a red-meat bus out there --...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb aaadeeeX fffXcccd gggXfffX cccdhhhX iiijhhhj eeeXfffX aaaXkkkX lllXhhXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100101 10011111 10110101 111111 100110101 10100101 100110111 10101 1010001101 10110111 100100101 1101111 10110101 1100100111 101011001001 01001110 10101011011 10000100111 010010111 01011110 110101101 100110111 100100101 110111 111101001 0100101001 11101111 111101 10001101101 110100101 1100100101 11011110 10011101 0100101011 0011100101 1011111 001011101 11101101 11100111 01011110 010110101 0011010111 11010111 110101 10011111 101101010 111101111 111001 10010111 10010111 10010111 10011010 1001000111 110101101 1000001101 01001010 10110101 10001010001 10110111 11011100 10010110101 111110101 011100101 1001010 110100101 1110111101 011100101 11111010 1101100101 10101010101 1010001011 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; in, and, she's are repeated.

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

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

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