This is an analysis of the poem Alone In The Wind, On The Prairie that begins with:

I know a seraph who has golden eyes,
And hair of gold, and body like the snow.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbccXcXdXdXbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 1101110101 1001110011 01011110011 1101111101 1111110101 0101001101 11001110001 10111001010 1100110111 1101010101 01011001001 0111110011 11010100111 1101011100 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 692
  • Average number of words per stanza: 130
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Alone In The Wind, On The Prairie;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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