This is an analysis of the poem In The Hills Of Shiloh that begins with:

Have you seen Amanda Blaine in the hills of Shiloh
Wandering through the morning rain through the hills of Shiloh...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa aaXXa aaXa aaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101001010 10010101101010 111010110010101 1011101001010 1110101001010 1110101001010 1110101101010 1 00100101001010 1110101001010 1010101001010 1001010110010101 1011101001010 1110101001010 10000101001010 10101111010101 11010001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hills, shiloh, of, have, her, you, in are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word have at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines shiloh is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word shiloh at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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