This is an analysis of the poem Nancy Of The Vale that begins with:

The western sky was purpled o'er
With every pleasing ray;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdcd efef agag hihi dhdh jkjk lblc hhhh gmgm hnhn kgkX obob fkfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111010 0100101 11010111 010101 101101010 110101 110111010 110111 11010111 010101 11010111 1101001 11010101 111101 110010101 010001 10100101 010101 110010101 01001 11011101 111101 11010101 1100101 1101001001 011101 01010101 110111 11110111 110111 01010101 110110 10010101 010111 1100111010 010101 11001101 110111 11000101 1011001 11010111 111101 10110111 110101 11010101 111100 01111101 011101 10011101 110101 00011111 111101 11011101 111101 01111101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; he is repeated.

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