This is an analysis of the poem Mountain Life that begins with:

IN summer dusk the valley lies
With far-flung shadow veil; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdedde XcXcbfbbf cgagdfXdf ahahabaab XeXeaccac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 011111 01110100 010101 01000111 110101 01010111 101010101 110101 1100100111 111101 11010011 010101 01010101 0111110 11010101 01110101 11010010 11010101 010111 110111001 010101 11110100 010101 11011111 010101111 011101 11010101 111101 01110001 110101 11010111 111000 11111111 01010111 110101 11111101 110101 11010110 111111 11110101 010111 11110101 11100101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Mountain Life;
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