This is an analysis of the poem The Sower that begins with:

A brown sad-coloured hillside, where the soil,
Fresh from the frequent harrow, deep and fine,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccbba dedded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111011101 1001010111 1111000111 1101010101 1001011101 11110100111 11010010001 0101011001 0111010101 1001011111 1001011101 1100010101 0101110001 1011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; his is repeated.

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  • summary of The Sower;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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