This is an analysis of Over The Hillside by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.

FAREWELL. In dimmer distance
I watch your figures glide,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbb cdbd Xaea fbgb chfh edid bjej gkik giei Xeke Xdfd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1101010 111101 0101011 0111 1100110 110101 1001011 0111 0100110 111111 1101010 1101 1001010 110101 1111010 1111 1011110 011101 1101110 1101 1011110 101111 1101010 0101 1100011 110101 11010110 1101 1101010 11111 0100111 1010 1111010 010001 1111110 0101 10010011 101101 1111010 11010 1101110 100101 0111010 00101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 45

Anaphora

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