This is an analysis of the poem Reapers that begins with:

Sun-Tanned men and women, toiling there together;
Seven I count in all, in yon field of wheat, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac XdedXebeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110101010 10110101101 10111001010 11101101001 10101101010 11111000111 10101101010 101111001001 001010111010 1110100101 111011111010 10101011001 101011001110 1010110111 111010110110 1011110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; in is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

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

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