This is an analysis of the poem The Wheat And Tares that begins with:

Though in the outward church below
The wheat and tares together grow;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ddee ffgg gghh iijj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 011100101 10110101 110100101 00011101 01011101 11111111 11010111 10010111 11010101 00010111 01110001 11011111 10111111 10011101 11010101 0101111001 11010101 10010110 01010001 11111111 010101001 01011101 010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • 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; how, they, of, we are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Wheat And Tares;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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