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

These hills, to hurt me more,
That am hurt already enough,— ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaXc dXeeX efc fec cc dXcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,3,3,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 111010100 1010101 1011001101 11110111100110 01 1110111010 10010111 0010101010101 1101001001001 110100100011100 110100101 10010101 11000101 11010001 10010111 1101000101 1001 010101 101111 110100010101110 110111010111 111010 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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