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

O Casend Hill, I be so heavy-hearted.
So lonesome-hke since from my love I parted,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011010 11011011110 11010111010 11010101010 01010111110 11111101010 110100111011 11010111011 11110111010 01011100110 11110111010 01011101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.

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