This is an analysis of The Prisoner. A Fragment by Emily Jane Brontë.
In the dungeon crypts idly did I stray,
Reckless of the lives wasting there away;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccdd eefX ddff cceX ffgg ddaa bbfX ffah ggX ggii ggha ggdd habb cXbX ccbb X X
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,1,
- Metre: 0010110011 1000110101 10100110101 11111110101 1111010110101 0111011101111 011101101001 110110011101 110111011101 111011101111 1000101111101 1111111111010 010101011111 11010111001001 011111011111 111101110111 010101110001 1101111111001 111101111101 101101111111 110101110101 111101111111 110111110101 110101111101 110101011111 111101011101 111111111101 100101110101 010111010111 111101111111 111101111101 1111111101100 1101001111101 110101110001 0100011100101 110111010100 1101010101001 0111010110101 11010111010101101111110010 101101011000 111101110101 101101110101 111111011101 110101010101 010001110101 1101111000100 111101111101 11001000010101 110101110101 011111010101 1000101110101 110001010100 10101011010101 1010101010101 0101011010101 1111111111011 0111010100001 11010011101001 0011010100100 1101111000101 1111010010101 0111010111110 0101011101110 01011 010010010101011000111010011111111111110001010110110100100100010010111100010110001010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 66
Repeated words/phrases
and, it, with, its, to, begins
Anaphora
when
