This is an analysis of the poem The Furrow And The Hearth that begins with:

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STRIDE the hill, Sower,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdefcc fedge hXibfiiejc Xbiji jafa gdXd Xaca djhj Xdfd edXdXejij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,10,5,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10110 10011 1001 100010 10110 00111 101101 010011 010010 010010 01011 010110 10110 101011 11011 11001 0011110 1011010 01011 101101 011010 010011 01001 1 1010110 10011 101011 101001 101001 01111 01101 001101 111010 1001 1110010 01010 011011 01111 1111 001101 1110010 01111 1001001 101011 11101 101001 1011 001111 101111 11011 101001 101001 1101 111101 11101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, he are repeated.

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

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