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

A scent of ripeness from over a wall.
And come to leave the routine road...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacbcdadb Xdee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01010001001 11010011 11111111 110111101 1110100101 10110100101 111110101 11101101 10110101101 0111100101 1101111000 111101101 1011001011 1101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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