This is an analysis of the poem The Shepherd's Conceit Of Prometheus that begins with:
Prometheus when firste frome heaven hye
He broughte downe fyre, 'ere then on earthe not seene,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXa XbXb XX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 100111100 1111111111 1001010101 10011011110 10100010101 11010101101 1101010111 1101011011 1111011001 0011110001 1011100101 1111111101 010000100111 1101110111 10
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Shepherd's Conceit Of Prometheus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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