This is an analysis of In The Valley by Henry Kendall.
Said the yellow-haired Spirit of Spring
To the white-footed Spirit of Snow,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXcdceXeXdbdb XXfXghgh hchcfbfb hihijcjc
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1010110001 001101001 101001011 11101011 110010100 101101011 101001011 001001101 101011011 101001110 001001001 101001001 11011001 101101011 101101101 01001011 1010010001 11001010 001011101 001001001 1010010001 11011001 11101011 001001101 1010010001 11010001 101011011 101011011 1010010001 11011001 11001111 11101001 1010010001 11001101 11011001 00100010001 1010010001 11001011 11111101 001111011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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