This is an analysis of the poem Asleep In The Valley that begins with:

A small green valley where a slow stream flows
And leaves long strands of silver on the bright...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab ccXc ddc bba X d XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111010111 1111010101 100101101 111010101 0101011101 0101010101 0110010101 10011111 01010101101 0111010011 1101111111 0101110101 1101111101 1100111111 01001 01001 11101011110 100100110110 101001010110 11110111010 1101111011 11110101101 11011011111 1111111101 1111111101 100111101111 1010100101 1011111100110 111001111110 10101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, dans, il are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    The author used the same words a, les at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Asleep In The Valley;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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