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

Sun on the mountain,
Shade in the valley,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdddebdbfgehifjjXdjda jaXbbcdhjebfXjkebddcieigdhe XEhhXgee ACF baeX ailXaXblX addXfX XEACF dcmXeXefggebcbdjafnifbomXhjafXeXngbej eXebeibacaeghbhccaijeeXaaeckdcfhiXbeefiaXhfXcgfijahXgadeaeobajdhfoeXjjk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,27,8,3,4,9,6,5,37,71,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 10010 10110 100101 11011 10010 10011 10110 110110 100010 110100 10110 10011 100110 11011 11110 1001 10100011 111011 00110 0110100 1001 01001 10011 10011 10011 10010 10010 10010 10011 101100 100100 10011 100100 10110 0110100 10111 10001 10010 011010 1101 0010011 10010 0101101 100101 1011 001001 11001 1101100 1011010 10010 10110 10110 10110 10010 10010 10111 1011 11010 10010 10010 101100 11010 10110 1010100 10010 101101 110101 100100 10010 100100 100100 101101 1010100 1001 0010011 111110 10010 11010 10010110 10010 10110 11010 10010 10010 11110 1100010 10010 1001 010010 0100110 10110 11110 10110 10010 1001 11110 10110 100100 10011 1111 11110 11010 1101 11111 11010 100100 100101 1010 011101 11010 1100100 10010 10010 10100 010010 101000 11011 110100 110100 010010 11010 110011 10110 10110 10010 00111 100100 10010 1001 1011 0010110 110110 100100 110100 10110 10010 011010 101100 10010 100010 100111 11110 101101 100010 10011 11110 010111 1111 101101 10110 101101 10010 10010 11110 10010 111100 10011 10010 11010 11011 10110 11110 10110 100110 0010011 1001 00100100 10010 11110 0100010 10011 101100 00101100 10010 10010 10110 10011 10110 1010110 1101001 10010 11010 1001 10010 010010 010010 111010 01001 1011 0010011 101101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 440
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 193
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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

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

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