This is an analysis of Evenén In The Village by William Barnes.

Now the light o' the west is a-turn'd to gloom,
An' the men be at hwome vrom ground;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabccb Xdedeffe
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 10110100101 10101111 1010011101 0101101 10101 101111 1010010010111 10101111 1010110101 10101111 11100100111 0101101 10101 111101 101101001011 10110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

an', his

Anaphora

an'