This is an analysis of the poem The Maiden From Afar that begins with:

Within a vale, each infant year,
When earliest larks first carol free,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ababefef ghghaaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011101 110011101 01010101 01010101 11011101 01110111 01011111 11010111 1110101 11010111 110100111 11010101 01010101 1101001110 01011001 11010111 01010101 010101001 0101011 11010101 110011101 11010111 110101100 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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