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

All winter through I bow my head
beneath the driving rain;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXXeXebeXbdbacfcfbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 010101 01110101 111101 11110101 1101001 11010101 111101 111110111 010101 100111101 110011 110011100 111111 011111001 011101 11110101 010111 10011101 1110101 11110101 010101 11010111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 745
  • Average number of words per stanza: 139
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 Scarecrow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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