This is an analysis of the poem From 'The Hills Of Life' that begins with:

ERE yet the dawn
Pushed rosy fingers up the arch of day...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa XbcdedXfX egccccadhhcdf XXXh bgXde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,13,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101 1101010101 1101000101 1111011111 1101000101 0100110001 0101110011 1100010101 1100110111 1101010101 010101011010 1101011100 0111010101 1101010011 0101011101 1110111101 11000111010 1101000101 10110101101 1101010101 1100010101 1110010101 0100010101 0111100101 11010110101 1101111100 11110101100 1101010101 1101111101 1100111101 1001011011 1011000111 0101111101 0101000111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, the are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.

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  • summary of From 'The Hills Of Life';
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