This is an analysis of Mountain Moss by Henry Kendall.
IT LIES amongst the sleeping stones,
Far down the hidden mountain glade;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caca caca adad aXaX bebe efef bfXf dddd ghgh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01010101 11010101 11010101 11000101 01010111 11010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 010111010 11011101 0101010010 11010101 01010111 11010101 010100101 11010101 01011111 11110101 11000101 11010101 11010111 11010101 01010111 11010101 01010101 11110101 01010111 11110111 01110101 110101010 01000101 11011111 11010111 11011101 11010101 11111101 11010111 10110001 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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