This is an analysis of the poem A Farm Walk that begins with:

The year stood at its equinox
And bluff the North was blowing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cdcd dedeXe fgfgfg ffff hehihe fjXj hjhj ikik ljlj jdjdjd agag jmjm jejejX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,6,6,4,6,4,4,4,4,6,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 1101110 01011001 1101010 11010101 1101010 11010101 0111010 01010101 0111110 11000101 1101010 11001101 1111110 01000100 1101010 11010101 1111110 01111001 1100010 01100101 110010010 11001101 1101001 01011101 0101010 01010101 0111110 11011111 1101011 11110101 0111110 11011111 0111010 1111010110 1101010 11010101 1001010 11011101 1111010 1001111111 1001010 1001111111 10110010 11010111 1111010 01110101 1101101 01110101 1101110 11011101 1101010 11111001 0111010 110111001 1111110 11011111 1111010 01110111 11001010 100111111 10011101 01110101 1101110 01011001 1101010 11110101 0111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 her, but, and, seven are repeated.

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

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