This is an analysis of the poem The Little Hill that begins with:
Oh, here the air is sweet and still,
And soft's the grass to lie on;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XcXC XdXd efef bcXC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010111 1101011 11100101 1111011 11010101 1101010 110101110 1111010 0111100 110111 01110101 110001 11011111 110100 01010101 010101 11010101 1011010 1101111100 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it, remember, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, remember are repeated.
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- summary of The Little Hill;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Analysis of Humoresque
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