This is an analysis of Rumors From An Aeolian Harp by Henry David Thoreau.

There is a vale which none hath seen,
Where foot of man has never been,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeff gghh
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,
  • Metre: 10011111 11011100 11110111 11010101 110010101 10010101 110100101 100100101 11011101 11000101 11010101 11010101 11001101 11110101 110110111 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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