This is an analysis of the poem Women's Harvest Song that begins with:

I am waving a ripe sunflower,
I am scattering sunflower pollen to the four world-quarters. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbX bXcXcab abbbbdeefafXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001110 1110011010001110 1110010110 111001011 1110010110 01101 10011 1011010 101111 10110010010 01010110 1011101 1001110 1110101111 010101011 0110110 11111001 1111010 110110111101011 1011011 1011111 110110 011010010 11011011 011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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, corn are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, his are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines wa is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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