Analysis of The Harvest Of The Sea
John McCrae 1872 (Guelph) – 1918 (Boulogne-sur-Mer)
The earth grows white with harvest; all day long
The sickles gleam, until the darkness weaves
Her web of silence o'er the thankful song
Of reapers bringing home the golden sheaves.
The wave tops whiten on the sea fields drear,
And men go forth at haggard dawn to reap;
But ever 'mid the gleaners' song we hear
The half-hushed sobbing of the hearts that weep.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 0111110111 0101010101 01110100101 111010101 0111010111 0111110111 110101111 0111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 363 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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