This is an analysis of the poem The Barn And The Down that begins with:

t stood in the sunset sky
Like the straight-backed down,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb cdcd eeXe bfbX acfcXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111 10111 100101 10101 1111101 0101 10101001 00100 1011001 1001 0111001 0101 1011001 1101 011001101 1100 11111111 1111 10111100 10101 0011101 10111 0111001 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.

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