This is an analysis of the poem The Ruin And Its Flowers that begins with:
Sweets of the wild! that breathe and bloom,
On this lone tow'r, this ivy'd wall;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abABccadda efef ggcbbc hheeaiia baba jaja iXiX hkhk lllm iiim hhhhliiggm ffhhffffeellaannaaccggiieX XeXe abABXiibb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,6,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,10,26,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10011111 10110101 10010101 11010001 11010101 01010101 010101 110100101 11011101 010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 010101 11110101 110111001 110101 010100101 01010001 110101 1001100010 010010010 00110101 11010101 110101 11010101 11010001 111101 11010101 01000101 110100111 11011101 10110101 11111101 11010101 11000101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11000101 10011101 010111010 11010101 01000110 110011001 01110101 11010101 1001001 11111101 10010101 01010101 110111 1101010010 110101010 11011111 11010101 011101 01010101 01010101 11011101 11011101 0101 11010111 11110101 11011101 110101111 11110101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11110101 01011001 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01110101 110101101 11011101 11110101 11010101 11000101 11010001 11010101 010010101 11011101 011001010 111010101 11010101 010111001 11110101 10011101 01010101 10010101 11010001 111000101 11010101 1111010101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words these, to, all, thou, the, when, and are repeated.
The author used the same word where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Ruin And Its Flowers;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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