This is an analysis of The Highland Shepherd by Jean Blewett.

O the hills of purple heather,
And the skies so warm and gray!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XababXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 10101010 1011111 10100011 0011101 10100010 1011101 11111010 0010100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8