This is an analysis of The Reapers In Autumn by James Thomson.

Soon as the morning trembles o'er the sky,
And unperceived, unfolds the spreading day;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaba cdeXaXbaXdXXdXcbXceX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,20,
  • Metre: 11010101001 11000010101 0101010101 0101 1111110101 1111010101 0101010101 11000101001 11100101001 0101011101 11010111001 0101101101 0101011111 1101110101 0111010011 0011010001 010011111 1001010001 11010101101 1101010011 11011101010 11110101001 0101011111 1101010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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