This is an analysis of the poem Thoughts Fer The Discuraged Farmer that begins with:

The summer winds is sniffin' round the bloomin'
locus' trees;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabccaaaaa bdedbffeeXee ccghhXeeee iccccajXjgkkXeecciidcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,12,10,22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101010 101 101000100011101 11001010011110 1 11100110110111 0101011101110 1 1110101010111 101100101010011 10110010100110 11101010111010 1 11101110111 0101 11100010111010 1 11100011110101 101111111010101 111010001010101 10110110101010 1 101010101010101 100111101101 101001101101 10101010101010 1 01101010111100 110101010110 1 11010100010011 1011001110111 00111110101011 101011011111 1 101001101001 101111100010001 0101010110101 0010101011101 11 101010111111 101 01101010001010 1 101001001110001 1111110100011 01010101010101 11111110010001 11010111110101 1100110010011 1110101011101 101010101010101 10101010011111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, up, theyr are repeated.

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

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