This is an analysis of In France I Saw A Hill by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
In France I saw a hill-a gentle slope
Rising above old tombs to greet the gleam…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gcgc dgdg ghgh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0111010101 1001110101 01011011111 1111010101 1101010111 1101010101 1101011111 01010011101 1011110101 1101011101 11010011101 0101111101 10010010101 1101010101 0111010001 1101000111 1101011101 0111110101 0111000101 01011100101 1101011101 1101010111 1101000101 1101111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 29
Anaphora
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