This is an analysis of The Hill-Side Men by Dora Sigerson Shorter.

O were my heart a little dog
I'd call it to my side…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaabcdcabdXXcdcacXc
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 10110101 110011 01000101 111001 11010101 110111 110101010 010111 10110101 111101 01110111 110100 11011101 010111 11010101 010111 11111111 111111 11110101 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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