This is an analysis of In The Valley Of The Waters by George Gordon Byron.

In the valley of the waters we wept o'er the day
When the host of the stranger made Salem his prey,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbbbXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 00100010111001 101001011001 111111011001 111011001101 01101001011 01110111101 11101111111 111111011011 11001101011 11101111110 11101011111 11111101111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

of, our, they

Anaphora

and