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

I ought to feel more satisfy an' happy dan
I be,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXbXXbcXbbcb adefbdbfghebbhab ahXfhhXfiXXdjXXd XkcbakaXXdXbbdb gjcXljlXdcXX lceB mdihmXehgBgbXbhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,16,16,15,12,4,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111011101 10 110101110110 101 1110011111 111 110111111 10111 1111011111 111 11110111010 111 01011110110 101 10101100010101 01110111111 101 110110101110 101 010101010 10101 111101011010 1 1100110101110 111 011010101110 101 1111010101010 1 101011000101 01 1101011110101 01 1101110110 111 11010101111 10101 11010101110 101 10110111111 1111 11011011101 111 010001101110 1111 1011010111 1011101 11010101110 111 011101011010 101 010100101111 1111 10001111111 111 1010111101110 01101 1101001011 0101 1110101111101 11 0101100010101 110111101 100101 101010111 1101 1111110011 10111 11001111101 111101 1110101111 101101 11011111111 11 01111101110 1111 111011011110 1101 11111111111 1101 0111110111 10101 10111110010 111101 101011101110 0111 1101111111 1101 11110110110 111 111111111 10110 001011001111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 404
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 94
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; an', i, de are repeated.

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

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

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