This is an analysis of the poem Wales Visitation that begins with:

White fog lifting & falling on mountain-brow
Trees moving in rivers of wind ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbXe defcgeffc hXXifi bccbXecigX gfejXfficjeb ehgecebce kfifbdfkebiiXkidd dhdcggXeXbXeXXgge XbXaeXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,6,10,12,9,17,17,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101101 11001001 0101 110101010101 0110111001 01011 1110010101 1011100011 1111110010100 0011100100100100 010010010 0111001100100 10011010110 000101011001100 1000110110110 10110111 01011001001001010 110101010101011 0110110110110 1011101010100110 11011001001010 11010110010 10101001010101 10101101 0101111110001110 10101 11110110 00101011 1100101001011001001 110010110010 11001011 1100100101101 01010101011101 01000100010010110010 010110100110101010 10011 10101010 100101110010 110101011010 1001100101010 1101010111010101010 11000101111100 00101001111 11001010101 11010001010 10110111010 10110010110010 1101 1100101010110101 1010011 110111111 1101111101 101111101 111011000101001001011 11011110110111110 1111010001 110101010010 1001 1010111011111 10101100010 10010010111 1011101011 1111011001100101 10010101110 10010010110 1101101110101 1100100001010101 10111100110001 1111110011 10110011011 11111011011 10110010 01100110 10101 1000100 1110110101 110101100 100101011 10100111100 11001101011 101111100 110011011 10110111111011 101011 110010 1111100110 11001 1011001000 1000110100 1110011 11011 011110110 10 10010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 473
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, and, lifted, valley, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a, one are repeated.

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  • summary of Wales Visitation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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