This is an analysis of The Dark Hills by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Dark hills at evening in the west,
Where sunset hovers like a sound…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11110001 11110101 01011101 110100101 110101001 11010001 11100101 01011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8