This is an analysis of the poem In Prison that begins with:

Wearily, drearily,
Half the day long,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXab cddececXbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100 1011 10110 11001 101100 1011 100101 1101 1001001 110111 110110 1001 011110 01011 110101 1011 100101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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