This is an analysis of the poem The Prodigal Son that begins with:
Here come I to my own again,
Fed, forgiven and known again, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb cccaddda cccefcfe gggaeeea hhhijjji aaagkkkg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101 10101101 11101101 1111011 01010111 101110111 111100111 10100101 1101100111 1011110111 1110101111 11001001 1010101101 011011101 110010100 10001111 110110101 110110101 11010001 11101111 1010010100 111010101 10100100100 10101101 1101101110 110010110 11101010110 1111011 1100101111 1110111111 1110111111 0110111 1110111011 1111111011 111011111011 11001101 1111111101 11111101 1111111101 11111001 111101101 11100101 111100101 1101101 010100101 111101101 110000101 1101101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; again, my, for, me, see, to, and, i, they, out, there, once, at, with, hogs, so, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, they are repeated.
The author used the same word so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines again, me, see, did, there, once, hogs, you are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Prodigal Son;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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