This is an analysis of the poem Under The Shadow Of Kiley's Hill that begins with:
This is the place where they all were bred;
Some of the rafters are standing still; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd ebeXB fgXfg hbhhb ibiibXabaaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 000111101 100101101 111101111 100100111 100110101 100011111 101101101 101110101 100110111 110110101 100101101 100110110 111101101 101110100 100110101 110101111 001110111 100110110 100100111 100100111 100111111 100101111 110100101 111100111 100110101 100110101 100100101 100100101 100101101 0001100101 100101011 111100101 101111111 110110101 100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words watching, fain are repeated.
The author used the same word one at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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