This is an analysis of the poem Harvest Hymn that begins with:

GOD of the Harvest, Thou, whose sun
Has ripened all the golden grain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXa cdeXd fXaac egeeg aahha agXXg facca eiXai bjffj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 11010101 11111101 010101010 011101 01111101 01010100 10110101 110101000 010101 11010101 01011000 11011101 11100101 110101 1000100101 01110101 01111101 01011101 010101 01010101 11011101 11011101 01010101 110101 01110101 11011101 01011111 1101001 010101 01011111 11010101 01110111 11011101 110101 01110101 10010101 010101111 01011101 110101 01000101 01011101 01011101 10010101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and is repeated.

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

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

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