This is an analysis of the poem Real Property that begins with:

Tell me about that harvest field.
Oh! Fifty acres of living bread.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba Xaacdc adad ebede facafa XaXaadXad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,5,6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 110100101 01011001011 01010011 11110101 10010111 101011001 10100101 010011111 100100111 1110101 111001001 11100101 0101100101 010010101 10111101 11010101 11010101 01010111 11010111 11011101 11000101 11110001 11011101 011100101 10111101 11011101 11110111 11010011 11010101 11000111 01111101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, i've, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Real Property;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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