This is an analysis of the poem The Heavenly Hills Of Holland that begins with:

The heavenly hills of Holland,--
How wondrously they rise ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaaabcb cdadXaea XeXeccXc XfXfXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001010 110011 0101110 000101 0111010 0101001 0101010 011101 1101110 010011 1111010 110101 1101110 110001 10101011 011101 0101010 110001 1111011 110011 1101010 110101 10111010 110101 0111010 110101 1100110 110110 0101011 110111 0111010 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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