This is an analysis of the poem Avon's Harvest that begins with:

Fear, like a living fire that only death
Might one day cool, had now in Avon’s eyes ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdcebfghi jkXhlcgmgbdmnhgkbo egdlokdkfodfldlccfdefbeebmbfhgobhfoffconcpmcp obibgqmphmcilkqe kqghriscencdedne fikpinecgcdlfd deobipoqhi calheccekpll gccnqgpcdfbjXbcfbngfcnrXntkqihideibcbfmcbbnrkdbkdlfqihXqk ceebngfhfcbgbnh qceegppdcdkmqcqcmcebernemhphpb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,18,45,16,16,14,10,12,57,15,31,8,21,27,210,10,21,8,17,3,118,50,74,10,80,16,48,67,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1497
  • Average number of words per stanza: 297
  • Amount of lines: 1033
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; so, and, of, to, that, he, i, for, might, you, no, or, there, then, it, not, have, we, pay, see, said, had, as, in, on, with, should, be, all, say, him, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, and, i, that, or, to, he, there, for, on are repeated.

    The author used the same words so, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines home, enough, it, him, gold, asher, lost are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases alone, far, shadows connect the lines.

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