This is an analysis of Bellinglise by Alan Seeger.

Deep in the sloping forest that surrounds
The head of a green valley that I know,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXddecce X eaeaefefaacbbc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,1,14,
  • Metre: 1001010101 0100110111 1011010101 0100010001 1101110101 0111011111 1001010101 001101100100 1111010111 11011010101 11011010111 1101110101 1011110101 11001010001 1 11010010101 10001111101 1101010111 10010010101 11101110001 0011010111 10111010101 100110110001 11110111101 11000101001 1011110101 1101101101 11011110111 10110010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

even