This is an analysis of the poem The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death that begins with:
My soul is sad, and much dismay'd;
See, Lord, what legions of my foes, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb cdcd aeaeXeaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 11110011 01100111 110010001 10010101 11010111 01011111 01010011 110010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11110011 0111111 11010001 11110101 10111101 110100101 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
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