This is an analysis of The Joy Of The Hills by Edwin Markham.

I ride on the mountain tops, I ride;
I have found my life and am satisfied.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbbb eeffaaaagg hhaa
  • Stanza lengths: 12,10,4,
  • Metre: 111010111 1111111101 101100101 100111001 1011 1101 101110101 11000101 01111101 110110101 011100101 01101111 11101101101 101001 101011 10101 111101 1110101 1110010101 1011100101 10101101101 1100100101 1111100111 1010101111 010111101 110010011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

i, ride

Anaphora

i, a