This is an analysis of the poem A Hill that begins with:
In Italy, where this sort of thing can occur,
I had a vision once - though you understand...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcXcaabbcXXXdaXbaeXafdXaddXX bX afXegdgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010010101101 11010111101 011011110101001 10110101111011 101110111010 0010100110011 010101001011 01010100111 0110011111 1111100101 011101011 1010101001000 11100100 100110100100 1110100101001 101101011001 11001101001 1111010001 1011101101101 1010001001 010111001011 11010011111 1010110110101 011010011011 11010101101 11101011111 1101001001011 111110111101 10111001 001111011001 111101101110 11001010101 1101111011101 0011111111101 11110110001111 1010011001 1010101111101 101011011001 001100101101 110101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 634
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, of, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and, was are repeated.
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- summary of A Hill;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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