This is an analysis of the poem Mount Of Olives (I) that begins with:

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SWEET, sacred hill ! on whose fair brow ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbcdcdXccccefef XggaafeXe Xgghhiggi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011111 11011101 1001 11011111 01011111 01110111 0011 1101 1 10110111 0101101 1111 11100101 01110111 01110101 1111 1101 1 1010111 1111111 1101 11011101 11111111 101001010 1010 1010 1 1010101 01010101 1111 1001011 11011001 11010111 1101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Mount Of Olives (I);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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