This is an analysis of the poem The Firstborn that begins with:
The harvest sun lay hot and strong
On waving grain and grain in sheaf,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dedX fefe ghghXgcgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011111 11011101 11011101 11111111 01110101 110101001 11010111 11010101 11010111 11010011 01110101 11111111 001101001 01010101 010010101 111101101 11111111 01001111 11010110 11111101 01010001 110011101 01110101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, on, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, that, of are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Firstborn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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