This is an analysis of the poem At Crown Hill that begins with:

Leave him here in the fresh
greening grasses and trees ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaababccddcceebbffdddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 101011 101001101001 01011011011 010011 11001 01011101001 101101001101 01101001111 1010110010001 11111001001 101001111001 11001101111 01101001101 11001101001 101011101001 01001111001 101011101001 011101101101 1110011001101 101001011001 001101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 992
  • Average number of words per stanza: 193
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, its, his are repeated.

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  • summary of At Crown Hill;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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