This is an analysis of the poem Prelude that begins with:
The mighty poets from their flowing store
Dispense like casual alms the careless ore;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101001101 01110010101 1101110111 1111011101 11011100111 0101000101 0101010101 0100110101 1110010101 1100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their is repeated.
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- summary of Prelude;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by William Watson
- Analysis of Shelley's Centenary
- Analysis of The Princes' Quest - Part The Tenth
- Analysis of The Princes' Quest - Part The Second
