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

Pillowed and hushed on the silent plain,
Wrapped in her mantle of golden grain, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb XX cc dd ee ff ggXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001110101 100100101 100100101 100100101 111100111 10100111010 100110101 110110101 100110111 1010110111 110110101 1100100101 011100101 010100111 110100101 1101001111 1001100101 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Harvest Time;
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  • history of its creation;
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