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

Tho' the days of the drowsy hamlet,
Of arrow and bow, be done,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcccbcb acXcXdXd Xeceabbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001010 0101101 111110110 110101 1111110 10100101 1111010 110101 11110111 0111001 10001010 00110101 11010010 1011111 1011110 1010101 11111110 101011 101010010 10111101 110011110 1110101 111011010 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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, man's are repeated.

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