This is an analysis of the poem Builders Of Ruins that begins with:
We build with strength and deep tower wall
That shall be shattered thus and thus.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcdX deded efefe aeaea gegeg dXdXd fchcf hehXh bdbdX ddddd ibibi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110111101 11010111 11111111 11100111 11011101 11111111 01111101 11010111 11001100 01010110 110111010 11110101 111101010 01011101 10101101 11110101 110011010 10110111 110100010 01111101 01110111 11011111 110101101 11011101 0101101 11111010 10111101 100101001 1101010111 11110101 11111101 110101010 011101010 110101011 010101010 111111010 010100111 10111101 01011110 100100110 11000111 101101110 11011101 01011111010 0101101001 11010111 11011101 10110001 1100111010 01011100 01010101 11011101 11011101 10110111 01011101 11111101 00110111 010101011 010101011 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, know, our, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of are repeated.
The author used the same words we, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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