This is an analysis of the poem Watching The Reapers that begins with:

Tillers of the soil have few idle months;
In the fifth month their toil is double-fold....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdadcXbecebcdfcefbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1000111101 0011110101 011100111 100010100101 1110101001 111100101 10010110101 001101010101 1111101111 11111100101 10111010101 10010001101 01101010101 01101101001 0011110101 1011010101 1101110011 1110110111 1100101101 1011111101 10001001101 1110110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 991
  • Average number of words per stanza: 184
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Watching The Reapers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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