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a, , Summary, The poem “The Sower’ written by the French writer, , Victor Marie Hugo portrays a sower. He marches along, the plain ploughing, manuring, sowing, weeding, irrigating |, and harvesting. The speaker is sitting ina cool porch way. |, The working hours are over. But he still lingers so that he, can sow the seeds. These grains grow as corn and provide us food. The sower grows in stature and the poet, seems to respect him. The poet is sitting idle, watching,, the sower, whereas the sower works hard., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Steady rhythm makes the poem perfect. It is divided, into four-line-stanzas. They follow a musical flow. The, rhyme-scheme followed in the poem is ‘abab’. Rhythm, and figures of speech like alliteration (shadows shoot),, assonance (I, .... stride) and personification (Twilight, hastens) make the poem charming. The i imagery is brilliant., The word choice is simple.