This is an analysis of the poem Over The Hillside that begins with:

FAREWELL. In dimmer distance
I watch your figures glide, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb cdbd Xaea fbgb chfh edid bjej gkik giei Xeke Xdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 111101 0101011 0111 1100110 110101 1001011 0111 0100110 111111 1101010 1101 1001010 110101 1111010 1111 1011110 011101 1101110 1101 1011110 101111 1101010 0101 1100011 110101 11010110 1101 1101010 11111 0100111 1010 1111010 010001 1111110 0101 10010011 101101 1111010 11010 1101110 100101 0111010 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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