This is an analysis of the poem William Henry Groom Vale` that begins with:

NOW is there rest for heart and brain
No mandate calls to him again.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdeaaedffaaf ffdgdg hahaiiXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111 11110101 01110100 110011101 01110101 01110101 11111101 01100101 11111111 11110111 11010101 01000101 11010111 01011101 01010111 01011100 0101 110101001 01110101 11110101 11110111 11011100 0100 11011101 11111111 11111001 11000101 10110101 0101000101 1110011111 1101011101 1100010101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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