This is an analysis of Sketch From Bowden Hill After Sickness by William Lisle Bowles.
How cheering are thy prospects, airy hill,
To him who, pale and languid, on thy brow…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abccdeXfcaegdhhiahicXXdjXgkdhcebXhabedklhhXhcmhhahialhhgfhchecehhfeciehiihhaeaddXefehhadhldhfhjdcmfXfe
- Stanza lengths: 102,
- Metre: 1101110101 0111110111 1010011101 0101010001 11010010101 00010111 11 1100011101 0101011101 0101010101 0101010101 1101110111 0101010101 1001110101 11010111010 1001010101 1101100101 1101011101 01000101001 1011010101 1011110101 1101010101 1001110111 11110111001 0101110010 1101111101 110 1101110 1101011101 0011010101 10110011101 0101110111 11010101100 0101011101 1010010011 1111011111 0111110101 11010010001 11010101010 1111110101 1111010011 1001010101 1011110110 1111110011 1101 110100 1111010111 0101110101 1101100101 1111110101 11001000101 0111110100 110100001001 01110101100 11010101001 11010111001 1111001111 0101010011 100010100101 1011010111 0111011101 1101010001 1101010101 1001000100 1011010101 11010010101 01010010101 0101010101 1011011011 0101010101 0101010001 1101011101 1100011111 0101001101 0101010101 0100010101 11001100101 1111010101 0101010101 1111100101 0101011111 110010010101 0100111101 1100110101 10010011010 1100110001 1001110101 0101010100 11111000101 0101011001 1100000101 11010100011 1100010100 0111010111 0101011111 0101011101 0101010101 11110100111 1111111111 1001010101 11000010100 0011011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 102
Repeated words/phrases
of, thy, to, he, thee, and
Anaphora
how, as, and, the
Anadiplosis
all
