This is an analysis of The Little Dell by William Allingham.
Doleful was the land,
Dull on, every side,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc adadaeae afafgcgc hahaeaea hihiejej aaaackck dhdhgXgX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 10101 111001 10111 10111 10101 11101 010101 10111 10111 10111 10101 100101 10101 00101 10101 101001 010111 10111 11111 010101 10001 10110 010101 111101 10001 11101 010101 001001 10101 10101 11001 10111 10101 10101 11111 10111 10001 10111 10101 11111 11101 10111 10101 10111 10101 10101 10101 00101 010101 11101 111011 10111 11111 10111 11101 0111010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 56
