This is an analysis of the poem Last Hill In A Vista that begins with:

Come, let us tell the weeds in ditches
How we are poor, who once had riches,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccXXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101010 111111110 111001110 10101110 01110111 01000101 111101110 111101110 10110111 10110100 11110011 10000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of Last Hill In A Vista;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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