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

Earth travails,
Like a woman come to her time.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX XbbaacXXXdcbXcce FG cXXXh Xfac egdhXghXdXcXXFG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,16,2,5,4,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 10101001 01011 001010001 10010 101011011 10110101 0101111 01100100 11010011 101110 101010 11111101 111100111 1111 10100111 1110011 11010101 11111 1111110 1101100101 10100010 110001111010 1100011001 101011 110101010 0110 111010001 101100 100110101 1001010 101010 00101 1010 101010 1011 10101 1010101 1101 1001 0001010 11111 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, not, and, womb, fellow are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, womb, what are repeated.

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  • summary of At Harvest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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