This is an analysis of From The Forests by Henry Kendall.

Where in a green, moist, myrtle dell
The torrent voice rings strong…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cccc ebeb bfbf ghgh ijij Xefe dkdk cgcg aiaiXjiji
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 10011101 010111 11010111 110111 01000101 100101 1111011101 111101 11010101 010001 11010101 010101 01010101 010101 01010101 1101001 01011101 011001 11010101 110101 110010101 01010010 11010101 11011110 11011101 010101 11011101 0101001 11110100 111101 11010100 011101 11011101 110111 01010101 010101 11010101 011101 01110101 111111 01110111 100101 01000101 010101 11111101 010101 11010101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

of, and

Anaphora

with, of