This is an analysis of the poem The Haunted Palace that begins with:

In the greenest of our valleys
By good angels tenanted,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabcbc bdbdaeae fgfghXhb hchcfhfh ijijfafa feffkckc aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100110 1010100 10111010 10010101 00111010 011 10101010 1010111 101010010 1010111 01010010 1101 1100101110 0111 0101110110 0110101 100011010 11100101 1010100 0010111 10101110 1000 010101010 01000111 110111010 101101 111101010 1100101 010101110 1101 010001010 01110011 110101010 01011101 111111010 11011100 110101010 1111 010101010 001101 1100101110 10110101 11110100 00010100 110101010 1011 0100111010 111111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, flowing, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Haunted Palace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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