This is an analysis of the poem The Reaper In The Bush that begins with:

He was lyin' on his bunk,
In the hut behind the mill,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXX cdedff agaghh fififX agagdd dXdahX jXjkcX cXcXkX fefcff hdhdXX fhfXkk fifiaX cgcgkk hfhfcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 0010101 1010111 1010101 1101101 1111101 1110101 1011101 1011100 1001101 1111101 0011001 11101101 1110111 1011101 1110101 1110111 1110101 1111101 1010101 1110111 1011111 1110111 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1110101 1010101 1111101 1111101 1111101 1110101 1010101 1111111 10101010 1111101 11101010 1010111 1110101 1010001 110111 1010111 11111010 1011111 1111101 1110001 11111010 1111101 1101100 1011101 1010111 1010001 1111101 1111111 1111111 111101 1110101 111111 1011111 0011101 1110101 111111 10111111 1011111 1010101 1111101 1111101 1111001 1110101 0111101 1010101 0011111 0110011 1011101 1011101 1011101 1111111 11101111 1110101 1110101 1010111 1111110 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • 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; you, ', he, his are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase friend connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Reaper In The Bush;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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