This is an analysis of the poem In An Old Barn that begins with:

Tons upon tons the brown-green fragrant hay
O'erbrims the mows beyond the time-warped eaves, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXXabcbbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011011101 10001010111 1001010101 1111000101 1011110101 01010101100 0011110111 0101011101 1101001101 11010101001 0101111101 0111010111 1111010110 0111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 702
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; their is repeated.

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