This is an analysis of Mild The Mist Upon The Hill by Emily Jane Brontë.

Mild the mist upon the hill
Telling not of storms tomorrow;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX XbXb acac dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010101 10101011 1011101 10101010 101100101 110111 111101001 110111 11010101 100101 11110101 0010101 01110111 111101 11010101 110100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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