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

All through the night time, and all through the day time,
Dreading the morning and dreading the night,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefghgh ijijbkbk Xiaiagigi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111011 1001011001 10110110011 1001011001 11010111011 1001011101 10111010011 1111111111 11011010110 1101111001 11111111110 1111111001 111110011010 101110001011 10110110010 1111101001 11111110110 11001001011 010110011010 1111111101 10110111111 1011011101 10111011011 1111101011 11111110110 1101011011 10011011010 1001101011 010011010010 111111111111 10010010010 11111001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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, time, by, i, day, light are repeated.

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

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