This is an analysis of the poem Reaping that begins with:
You want to know what's the matter with me, do yer?
My! ain't men blinder'n moles?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdbXcefXfgaahcgiaejXkbalXXdmdlnbccfjcdbhefcXlfbmXcglXlXbXlamXljXccfdkkhecllXgjaXcbjbihlbcflegdhdXlegflmlnamaXXfgmccf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 118,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110100111 111101 011010111 11111111 110101101 1101010 111011011 1111 111011 110110 111101 10111 1111111 110111011 111 001100101011 101001110011 11110010111 11101111 11111 11111110 11101111010 1110101 11011 11101 111110 011011 1101110 1011111 01010111111 11110111 10101110101 11101010 1111 1110 1101101001011 110111100 1101110 010111001 111011101 11111111 111111001 10011101 1001111011 111 110101101 1100111100 10101011 1111011 011111 10110 111101111011 11111011 1111 1111110 101 1110111010 1101011110 1111111001 0101100111101 111011111111001 11011011011 1100101111110 111101010 1101001110 101010 010111100 0110111 11101001 1111011100111 11101101101 01111 1101 0111101 1111010 111010 11111111 1011101001110 11101011001 1111111010110 1110111110101 11110110110 110110 11011010011101 11010 11111010 111011011 11110101 110110 110111 11101111 111101011 110011110 101111011 11 111110 111001 11101 111101 11101010 1011 11110100110 10100111 10111110101 101111111 11100110 101110 110111 1101001011 111011 111110 101101 01101010111 11111111 010100010 110101101001 0110 1110110101101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4018
- Average number of words per stanza: 807
- Amount of lines: 118
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, to, you, an', he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words don't, an' are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines yer is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase don't connects the lines.
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