This is an analysis of the poem The Hillman’s Lass that begins with:

OVER the field where the grass is cool,
(Follow the road who must !) ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd bDbddbdb eaeaefef gDgdhXhe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110101 100111 0011011011 101001001 00110101011 1011111 01111111 111001 10110111 100111 11011011 10110111 110100101 1011001 1011010110 011111 110110111 100110 111110011 10110101 111010101 1111101 1111011111 01101101 101110101 100111 11010011 0100101 110011011 101101010 1111011101 0110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, your are repeated.

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  • summary of The Hillman’s Lass;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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