This is an analysis of the poem On The Hills that begins with:

Through the pungent hours of the afternoon,
On the autumn slopes we have lightly wandered ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdd XebXffff bgbgfXbb hihifejj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101000101 10101111010 1011100101 101001101010 1011000110 1001011001 101100101 1011011101 100111010 1001001110 010100101 00111111110 10111101 10100111 1010100111 111100101 111110101 110101110 111100101 11101001010 1110111111 0110101100 101110111 00100101111 111100101 111010101111 110101101 001010110011 100101111 0010101100 110100111 100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word over is repeated.

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  • summary of On The Hills;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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