This is an analysis of the poem The Sower (Eastern France) that begins with:

Familiar, year by year, to the creaking wain
Is the long road's level ridge above the plain.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd cceeffcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01011100101 00111010101 010100101011 10111100101 11001010101 10100101101 10010100101 101100100111 110011110101 0011100100101 11001011101 110100101001 0101001001010 0110111001010 101110100101 11010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; in is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Sower (Eastern France);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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