Analysis of Reapers
Jean Toomer 1894 (Washington, D.C.) – 1967 (Doylestown)
Black reapers with the sound of steel on stones
Are sharpening scythes. I see them place the hones
In their hip-pockets as a thing that's done,
And start their silent swinging, one by one.
Black horses drive a mower through the weeds,
And there, a field rat, startled, squealing bleeds,
His belly close to ground. I see the blade,
Blood-stained, continue cutting weeds and shade.
Scheme | AABBCCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011111 11001111101 0111010111 0111010111 1101010101 0101110101 1101111101 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 380 |
Words | 67 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 299 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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