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

Where yesterday rolled long waves of gold
Beneath the burnished blue of the sky,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede dfdf ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101 010101001 010111111 1010111 110100111 111011111 101111101 0010101 111101101 110110101 010111001 1010101 1010110111 110110101 111100101 1011101 101011101 101110101 110011100 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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