This is an analysis of the poem Morning On The Farm that begins with:

Afar the coming- steeds of day
Are shaking out their manes of grey, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb c c d d e e f f e e g g c c c c c bbddaah Xiiddhhddiibb j j j j e e d d d d b b d d i i a a ccbbbbeebbbbb h b h X i i dXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,7,13,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,13,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 11011101 11010101 01010101 01011101 01011111 01010101 01100101 01010101 01010111 01110101 11110001 11011111 11011111 11011101 010101101 01110101 11010101 01010111 11110101 11110111 01010111 11010001 11010101 01010111 11010101 1010111 1010101 01010101 01010111 01011101 11010111 01010101 11011101 01000101 110100101 00110111 11010101 110100101 01010001 11011001 010101001 01010101 01000101 11010101 01010101 11011101 11010001 11010101 11010101 11010111 1011101 11010111 11011101 01010101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 1010101 010101001 11010111 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010101 110000101 01010101 01110101 010110101 01010101 01111101 1 11010101 11011111 01010011 01010111 11010101 11101101101 110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 47
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 59
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, and, its, her are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words the, to, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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