This is an analysis of the poem In Harness that begins with:

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The foreman's head slowly circling… White rims under yellow disks of eyes…. Gold hairs starting out of a blond scowl… Hovering… disappearing…...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b X X X X X acdcdXXXebXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0100110100111010101111010011100101001001001 100100110010101110001110101101101110111101010110010110100111011101110111011110110101101011101010101010110100011 10100110001010110101001010110010100101100101010111011110100101010100100101011101001011100101 0101011101010011101101010011011010111111010001100011111101110 10010011001001001001010010111011 1 01 101101 0101 110100101 01101 10010101 01100011010000 10100 11100110101 1111101 00100101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 92 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 16
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, like, light, eyes, another, her are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of In Harness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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