This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, IX that begins with:

The big doors of the country barn stand open and ready,
The dried grass of the harvest-time loads the slow-drawn wagon,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101110110 01100101101110 01111011111000 0101100101 1111111101001 1101111011010 110011110101100 11110111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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