This is an analysis of the poem The Ideal Farmer that begins with:

The Farmer is the lord of lands,
The birth-right baron of the soil,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXccd aeeafggf haahdddd fbbfhhhX ehheiffi djjdbddb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101 01110001 11010101 11010101 11111010 01010101 01000101 11010101 11010100 11010101 11011101 11010100 11100101 01011001 11010101 11000101 11000101 100010111 11110111 01010001 01111101 11011111 11010101 010101001 11010111 11000101 01010101 11010001 010101001 01000101 11010111 11000100 01011101 01010111 11110101 01010001 01011010 01010101 110101001 000100010 01110001 11000101 11010101 110010101 11111101 01010101 01100101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Ideal Farmer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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