This is an analysis of the poem Messidor that begins with:
Put in the sickles and reap;
For the morning of harvest is red,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcCababA CbdDcbaXA DefFdeaeA FccCXcacA CgdDcgagA DbfFXbabA FhdDfhahA DbdDdbabAXDdggddadA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1001011 101001001 10111001 1011101 1100111 1011001 1111011 11011111 1001011 1011101 0111011 10011001 00100111 10100111 00100111 101001111 001011100 1001011 00100111 1110101 0111011 1011101 1111001 10100111 10111011 1111011 1001011 1011101 11011011 00111001 0101111 1111001 101011 0111001 1111101 1001011 0101111 1101001 10111101 1010011011 0100111 101001010 10100111 1111011 1001011 1010011011 0101001 11110010 1010101 0101001 1111001 01100111 101011101 1001011 1010101 101001110 1111001 10111111 110100010 01010110 1101011 101110010 1001011 10111111 0101101 0111111 0111011 1101001 1101111 11011101 1111001 1001011 0111011 11011101 11011101 111111001 111001111 1110010011 101001001 11101001 1001011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, in, to, as, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, all, they are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word reap at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Messidor;
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