This is an analysis of the poem A Corn-Song that begins with:

ON the wide veranda white,
In the purple failing light,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbXXDDccebbeXXDDaafggfXXDDhhbiibXXDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 0010101 101010101010 1010111 0010101 001100111010 11101 10101 10101 10101 10010101 1011101 101010101110 1010111 1010001 111110101110 11101 10101 10101 10101 0010001 1010111 001010101010 1010101 1010111 001010101010 11101 10101 10101 10101 1010001 0010101 111000101010 0010101 1010111 001010101010 11101 10101 10101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 230
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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, de are repeated.

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  • summary of A Corn-Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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