This is an analysis of the poem The Poetry Of A Root Crop that begins with:

Underneath their eider-robe
Russet swede and golden globe,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddeeddffccddcc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1011101 10101001 111011 1010011 1110100 1111111 1000101 1000101 0011111 1010101 11011101 1011011 1011111 10111001 1010101 1110101 01011101 11010111 1010101 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word children is repeated.

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