This is an analysis of the poem The Gleaner that begins with:
METHOUGHT I came unto a world-wide plain
Where souls stood thick as grain at harvest-tide,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXabbacbbcbb
- 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: 1011100111 1111111101 1101010101 0101110110 1101010111 0101011101 1101110101 0101110001 11001010101 1101010101 1111111011 1101111111 0100011101 0111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 650
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Gleaner;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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