This is an analysis of the poem As Through The Wild Green Hills Of Wyre that begins with:

As through the wild green hills of Wyre
The train ran, changing sky and shire, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXcccbbbbddeeffccggggbbaahhccffii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 01110111 11010101 1000101 1011101 11110111 1011101 11010101 110110101 11110001 1111111 01111111 11010101 11111101 01110111 01110101 1111101 01010111 11011111 1011111 11011101 1111101 1110111 11011101 01111111 0011101 10110111 01111101 1110011 11011101 1101011001 1110101 01110111 1111101 1111111 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 244
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; my, you are repeated.

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

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

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