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

The Malvern Hills be green some days.
And some days purple-blue,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb acac ddXd eebe efaf ddad XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 111101 11010100 010101 01010001 011111 11011111 010101 01010111 111111 01001100 110101 11011100 110101 11010101 1101001 10010101 01101 11011101 010101 11010101 111101 01110101 110111 11011101 011101 11110111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 word against is repeated.

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