This is an analysis of the poem In A Vale that begins with:

When I was young, we dwelt in a vale
By a misty fen that rang all night, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcdccdbebbefcffcagaag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 25,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111001 101011111 11010101 11111101 010100101 011100101 1110011101 1011110011 010100101 11101001 1111001001 110111101 010100111 11101101 1010111001 010111001 10010111 10110101 101010101 1111001101 11001111 10101100111 11100111111 11101011 110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 953
  • Average number of words per stanza: 192
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; where, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, where are repeated.

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  • summary of In A Vale;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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