This is an analysis of the poem Harvesting Of Weeds that begins with:

Why wait and sit,
With anticpation? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbca abcdb ccea Xcbec aXdbdaXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 01000 1000100 01100 01000 110001 110010 11010001 101 1010 01011001 10101 0110100010 110 1110100001 110011 1010101010 1011000 11011 0010011001 0101111000 1010001 001000001001010 10001010010 0100101011 110111011 111 11001100 110111 01001001 010000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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  • summary of Harvesting Of Weeds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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