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

On this bald hill the new year hones its edge.
Faceless and pale as china...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbc cXdeX bdffc cbgga aXXhi XjklX fjlXm mfXXh hiXkbXbegjb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011101 1011110 0111110010 11000100 11111111 1110010111 0010111110 1001101110 1010101001 110001111 00111111 110101110 0101011 10110101001101 10010100101 1110010110 1001010 1110010101 11010101001 011111010 10101011101 10111 0100101010 101010010111 01011111 0100101110111 111110 10011001 110010111110 110110100 11001110 111101001 1110111110 1011101010100 10110111100 100111001011 01100100 10110101110 11011001 1101001 0111010111 01101110101 010110010100 111101 110101 100110110 01010101 0110110001101 11001110001011 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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.

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