This is an analysis of the poem Faringdon Hill. Book I that begins with:

A Poem In Two Books
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccddddeeffggddhhccdd bbff ffddiibbcc ffddddbbXcffffffXjggbbkk iillbbddcciihhddccccbbddccaabbddmmkkjjXnggii iijjffddcc ffaahhjjiiaa jjccffddggffoodd mmXmooffddddccddiijjkkaaddooddooffggmm iiffffffffffccfXffffiiffffmm ffddddffcceeffiibb ccmmjjddcc aafX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,22,4,10,24,44,10,12,16,38,28,18,10,54,14,22,22,12,28,12,26,10,26,16,48,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
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  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 926
  • Average number of words per stanza: 156
  • Amount of lines: 542
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, no, as, thy, of, for, him, every, her, to, their, they, his, hence, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, the, for, and, while, his, to, hence are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word name at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Faringdon Hill. Book I;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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