This is an analysis of The Three Strangers by Walter de la Mare.

Far are those tranquil hills,
Dyed with fair evening's rose;…

Browse poems by Walter de la Mare

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa baca XXdX XdXd XbXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111101 101101 11010101 01001 011101 10001011 1011001010 0101 110011 001101 1111001 110100 1111001 111101 110111001 110101 111111 111101 10110101 111100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20