This is an analysis of the poem On A Hillside that begins with:

A FRIENDLY mountain I know;
As I lie on the green slope there ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XaXa cdcd ebeb cfcf ghgh didi Xibi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 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: 0101011 11110111 0111001 1100111 01110111 1101101 1101111 100111 110111 100101 1010101 011111 011101 101111 1011101 010101 011101 110101 1110111 0101001 01100111 100101 1001011 110111 011111 110101 0100101 111111 1111001 1100101 1110111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of On A Hillside;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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