This is an analysis of the poem Harvest Hymn that begins with:

Mens Voices:
LORD of the lotus, lord of the harvest, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdcbbeb bcX cbfef a bghgbiei a dXhibjej
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,3,5,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1001010010 1110001001 10010110110 1001011011 111111110110 01011101011 1100100100111 11111001011 1001110010 1110101001 10010110110 1001011011 111111110110 01011011011 110011010111 11110001011 1010 10011010011 1101001011 10010010111 1001111011 111111110110 01011001011 110110110111 11111001011 110 10010110110 1001001001 11011010110 1111111111 111111110110 1111011011 110111110111 11111001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; lord, of, our, and, we, thy are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word lord at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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