This is an analysis of the poem The Children Of The Mist that begins with:

Through the valleys, softly creeping
‘Mid the tree-tops, tempest-tossed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababXB acacdbdb dedeabaB Xcacab XaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,6,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1011101 10111010 1011111 11111110 0110101 11100110 1010001 1111010 1010101 00101010 1010101 10101010 1010111 10101110 1010001 10111010 1110111 10110110 1110101 11101110 1110111 10111110 1010001 10101100 1011110 101110010 1110101 11101010 1100101 10111110 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word mist at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Children Of The Mist;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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