This is an analysis of the poem The Scarecrow that begins with:

Once I said to a scarecrow, 'You must be tired of standing in this
lonely field.'...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aX XX X Xa X bb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,1,2,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101101001000 101 11111010001110111 101001 1110001011011111 111 1110111101111 1111110101110101010 1 01110101010100 1111110111111001 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word said at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Scarecrow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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