This is an analysis of the poem Fruit Of Earth that begins with:

The winds that blow about the world
(Said Old George Jones)... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaabcbccb bdbbdeaeea fbffbgagga bbbbbhbhhB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 1111 11110101 11010101 101101 11110111 011101 11011001 11010101 111101 11011101 110001 110011101 11000101 111101 11011101 111001 11110101 11111101 110101 01110101 111111 10100111 11011111 111101 10111101 110101 01110101 11010101 010100 11010101 110101 11010101 11010101 111101 11100100 111111 11010100 111000100 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; things, year are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words see, 'tis, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines things, man, us are repeated).

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  • summary of Fruit Of Earth;
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