This is an analysis of the poem A Hill Song that begins with:
THERE is a little hint of spring,
A subtle, silent, unseen thing...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbcbc ddeebebe ffggefff bbcchhaadcdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101001 01010011 11011101 11010101 11010101 11000101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 10111110 10111101 01111101 11010001 11110101 11011101 11001101 001101011111 010010111 100110101 1001101010 11000101 1010100111 100110101 110001001 11111101 01011011 10011111 110001001 01110101 11010101 11111101 11000101 110111001 10010111 01000101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; my, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
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- summary of A Hill Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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