This is an analysis of At Harvest by Joseph Campbell.

Earth travails,
Like a woman come to her time.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aX XbbaacXXXdcbXcce FG cXXXh Xfac egdhXghXdXcXXFG
  • Stanza lengths: 2,16,2,5,4,15,
  • Metre: 101 10101001 01011 001010001 10010 101011011 10110101 0101111 01100100 11010011 101110 101010 11111101 111100111 1111 10100111 1110011 11010101 11111 1111110 1101100101 10100010 110001111010 1100011001 101011 110101010 0110 111010001 101100 100110101 1001010 101010 00101 1010 101010 1011 10101 1010101 1101 1001 0001010 11111 1111110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 43

Repeated words/phrases

of, not, and, womb, fellow

Anaphora

the, and, womb, what