This is an analysis of the poem I Am The Reaper that begins with:
I am the Reaper.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBacaXcBa adefaXcde afaXacaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 110101 10110 11010001 11010 11010111010 10110 110101 10110 11010 101001 11111 100101 1100010 111110101100 10010 110001 10111 10110 1101101 11010 1101011 010010 10110110110 10110 1101101 011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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