Analysis of Hill, The
Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)
Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill,
Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.
You said, "Through glory and ecstasy we pass;
Wind, sun, and earth remain, the birds sing still,
When we are old, are old. . . ." "And when we die
All's over that is ours; and life burns on
Through other lovers, other lips," said I,
-- "Heart of my heart, our heaven is now, is won!"
"We are Earth's best, that learnt her lesson here.
Life is our cry. We have kept the faith!" we said;
"We shall go down with unreluctant tread
Rose-crowned into the darkness!" . . . Proud we were,
And laughed, that had such brave true things to say.
-- And then you suddenly cried, and turned away.
Scheme | ABBACXCX XDDXEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011110101 1001010101 11110010011 1101010111 1111110111 11011100111 1101010111 111110101111 1111110101 111011110111 1111111 1101010110 0111111111 01110010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 677 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 246 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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