This is an analysis of the poem Farm Boy After Summer that begins with:

A seated statue of himself he seems.
A bronze slowness becomes him. Patently...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX bcc aaa Xbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101100111 0110011100 0111011101 01001101010 0111010111 1101110011 10011001001 11110111010 010101010010 01010100010 01110101010 11010111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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