This is an analysis of the poem Lancashire From The Hills that begins with:

There is a glow of sunset down
The wet rut and the gleaming lane,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaabc cdbdeeXf ccghXfgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010111 01110101 110101 11010111 100100101 11010101 11010100101 10010111010 0101010101 1111011 111111 1110110 101001 1010101 11011101 110010100 0011101 01001010101 10010100111 11101010 1010101 11010100 10101111 0101010010 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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