This is an analysis of To The Man After The Harrow by Patrick Kavanagh.

Now leave the check-reins slack,
The seed is flying far today -…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cacX XbXb dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110111 01010101 01110101 01000101 01010101 01000101 11110001 01010101 01011101 01110111 11000110 01110101 01010101 01110101 111101101 01110001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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