This is an analysis of Fare Well by Walter de la Mare.

When I lie where shades of darkness
Shall no more assail mine eyes,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcXc adadXdbd XebeXaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11111010 1110111 10111000 1011 10101110 1010101 100110010 1000 11011010 1110101 11111010 1101 101010100 10100101 11101010 1011 11111110 10010111 11101010 1001 11111110 1111111 10101110 0101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24