This is an analysis of the poem The Prairie that begins with:
I see the grass shake in the sun for leagues on either hand,
I see a river loop and run about a treeless land --... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbcX bbaX ddcX aaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011001111101 11010111010101 11010101010101 111101011101010 101011101111101 110100101110111 01010101111101 0111110010101010 110101100100101 11011101011101 110101010011101 1110101011101010 101110101110101 11010101111101 11010101111101 010001010101110 101110111110101 11010101010101 110111010011110 10101110011111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, i, hear are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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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