This is an analysis of the poem Evening On The Farm that begins with:

From out the hills where twilight stands,
Above the shadowy pasture lands,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabab ccdXd Xefef ddadX eeded bbgbg ddhdh Xidid bjeja aaiai ggkgk llala iXcic bbiXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011111 010100101 011101 01111111 0111 01110101 11010111 110101 11010111 1111 11110100 1000110111 110101 01011101 0101 01110100 010111001 010111 11000101 0100 100101011 010111001 110001 01010111 1101 11110111 11110101 1111111100111 11110101 1101 01010101 11011101 110101 11011101 0101 010111110 11011101 110111 01110011 01001 010010001 11011100 011101 11111100 0111 01110101 11010101 1111001 11010111 0111 01010111 01010111 110001 00010101 0111 010011101 01010101 0100101 11111111 0101 01110101 11011100 100101 11110111 1101 11011101 01010111 110111 11111000 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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