This is an analysis of the poem Sunset Over Farm-Land that begins with:

Over fields newly ploughed,
Pools of golden leaf-green...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 101011 1000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 3
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Sunset Over Farm-Land;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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