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

Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill,
Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacdcd XeeXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1011110101 1001110101 11110110011 1111010111 1111111111 1101011111 1101010111 10111100101 1111110101 10111110111 1111010001 1100010110 1111111101 11110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we are repeated.

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

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

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