This is an analysis of the poem Coming Through The Rye that begins with:

Coming thro' the rye, poor body,
Coming thro' the rye,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBXB abXB ABXb AcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 10101 11010100 10101 11011110 10101 11010100 10101 10101010 10101 101010100 10101 10101010 10101 101010100 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; coming, thro', rye, body are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word rye at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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