This is an analysis of the poem Hilltop Song that begins with:

When the lights come out in the cottages
Along the shores at eve,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcac deae dfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100100 010111 101010010 011101 110011101 011101 101111010 101101 110110011 1100111 1011110111 111001 100101101 11011110 111110010 01111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Hilltop Song;
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  • history of its creation;
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