This is an analysis of the poem Sketch From Bowden Hill After Sickness that begins with:

How cheering are thy prospects, airy hill,
To him who, pale and languid, on thy brow... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdeXfcaegdhhiahicXXdjXgkdhcebXhabedklhhXhcmhhahialhhgfhchecehhfeciehiihhaeaddXefehhadhldhfhjdcmfXfe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 102,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 0111110111 1010011101 0101010001 11010010101 00010111 11 1100011101 0101011101 0101010101 0101010101 1101110111 0101010101 1001110101 11010111010 1001010101 1101100101 1101011101 01000101001 1011010101 1011110101 1101010101 1001110111 11110111001 0101110010 1101111101 110 1101110 1101011101 0011010101 10110011101 0101110111 11010101100 0101011101 1010010011 1111011111 0111110101 11010010001 11010101010 1111110101 1111010011 1001010101 1011110110 1111110011 1101 110100 1111010111 0101110101 1101100101 1111110101 11001000101 0111110100 110100001001 01110101100 11010101001 11010111001 1111001111 0101010011 100010100101 1011010111 0111011101 1101010001 1101010101 1001000100 1011010101 11010010101 01010010101 0101010101 1011011011 0101010101 0101010001 1101011101 1100011111 0101001101 0101010101 0100010101 11001100101 1111010101 0101010101 1111100101 0101011111 110010010101 0100111101 1100110101 10010011010 1100110001 1001110101 0101010100 11111000101 0101011001 1100000101 11010100011 1100010100 0111010111 0101011111 0101011101 0101010101 11110100111 1111111111 1001010101 11000010100 0011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 747
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of, thy, to, he, thee, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, as, and, the are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase all connects the lines.

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