This is an analysis of the poem The Broomfield Hill that begins with:

There was a knight and lady bright
Set trysts amo the broom,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc dceX dceX fceX eceX XXeX edgd baXh ccGX eXGX cbiX edgd baXh ccGX eXGX cbiX dFhX jkhX dFHX jkaX gFHX jkhX cIHX jiei clXX cIhi ilcX aXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 111001 01011101 0101101 1100101111 110111 111110111 0101010 1100101111 110111 11010111 0100110 010100101 111101 11110111 111111 11110111 011101 10110111 100111 11011111 1001010 11110111 111111 11110111 111111 10101011 1111101 11011101 110111 110101111 010101 11101110 101011 01111111 111111 11111110 101101 01111111 111111 11111111 1100111 11111101 1111110 1110111 110111 1101111 111101 11011101 10011111 11010111 010101 01111010 1101011 01111101 011111 01101010 110101 01111101 011111 11110111 1100111 11111101 1111111 11011111 111111 110101111 1111111 1111110 111101 11011101 101110 10111011 111111 11101011111 111111 11011110 111101 1011101 101110 11011111 111111 11101011111 111111 1111110 111111 11011101 101110 110111011 111111 11101011111 111101 11110110 111101 11010111 111101 11111011 1101001 11110110 1100110 11111111 111111 111010111 111101 111101111 110110 11010101 0111001 111111011 110111 11101111 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 112
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; he, she, my, ye are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words 'i'll, 'the, the, 'o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words ', gane at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Broomfield Hill;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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