This is an analysis of the poem The Valley Of Fear that begins with:

In the journey of life, as we travel along
To the mystical goal that is hidden from sight,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd bcbceded fcfcXddd ghghidid Xddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001001111001 001001101001 111011001101 11001111001 11001011101 101001011101 11101011011 11001001 01101011001 011001011101 001001011101 01001001011 01101011011 110011100101 11011011011 001001001 01001001001 01111011011 01101111001 11101101111 11101011010 101001001011 11001001101 01001001 01001101011 101101001001 11101011011 101011001001 101101011101 01001011011 101101001011 11001001 11011011111 11001101 01001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of, and, shadows, it are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines prayer is repeated).

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

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  • summary of The Valley Of Fear;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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