This is an analysis of the poem Over Sir John's Hill that begins with:

Over Sir John's hill,
The hawk on fire hangs still;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbbdadee ddfbgfbgdXXh aahgahXXXcai aaiXXibeahbh jjabbiXbjXeh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 0111011 00101110111001 110101001011001 10111 1 0010111101010010 11011 010010100100101 010101 10110010101010 00101001101011 11011 101101 11111110101011 001110010110101 00101 1 101001001110 001011 1011110101011 11010 1100100101010 011110101001010 11001 111011 11001110011101 10100111011001 1111 1 11000111011010 1111 111011100111011 01011 11111000111010 0111010001110 10101 101101 110010101110111 000101110101110 111010 1 00101111111010 1101 10011101110101 1111 1010100101110 0111011010100 10101 101101 10001001010011 100101010100101 111111 1 1111101010010 11001 11010111101001 111101 01010010110110 1101001001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 471
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, and, in are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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