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

Other harvests there are than those that lie
Glowing and ripe ’neath an autumn sky,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb cccddc bbceec ffbggb hhbeeb bbfiif jjkeXk llcXXcXjjcaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111111 101111101 0100101 101101101 101111011 1111101 1011010101 111010101 1110101 01010101 010101011 0111011 110100101 110110101 1110111 1111100111 110100111 1110101 10010111 110111101 1110101 111010101 011010111 0101011 111011111 010100101 1001111 101011111 011011101 1010111 110111101 101101101 1011101 110110111 110111001 0101001 101010111 110111001 111101 100101101 101011101 010111 1101111110 111100110 0011101 101111101 101100100 1100101 1101111011 10111101 1001001 110110101 110111111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, to, and, that are repeated.

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

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

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