Analysis of A Harvest Scene
Gilbert White 1720 (Selborne) – 1793 (Selborne)
Wak'd by the gentle gleamings of the morn,
Soon clad, the reaper, provident of want
Hies cheerful hearted to the ripen'd field;
Nor hastes alone; attendant by his side
His faithful wife, sole partner of his cares,
Bears on her breast the sleeping babe; behind
With steps unequal trips her infant train:
Thrice happy pair, in love and labour join'd! --
All day they ply their task; with mutual chat
Beguiling each the sultry, tedious hours:
Around them falls in rows the sever'd corn,
Or the shocks rise in regular array.
But when high noon invites to short repast
Beneath the shade of sheltering thorn they sit,
Divide the simple meal, and drain the cask:
The swinging cradle lulls the whimpering babe,
Meantime; while growling round, if at the tread
Of hasty passenger alarm'd, as of their store
Protective, stalks the cur with bristling back,
To guard the scanty scrip and russet frock.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJAKBLMNOPQR |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 110101101 1101010011 1101010101 1101010111 1101110111 1101010101 1101010101 110101011 11111111001 010101010010 0111010101 1011010001 111101111 01011100111 0101010101 01010101001 111011101 110100011111 01010111001 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 896 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 703 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 153 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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