This is an analysis of the poem Julia, Or The Convent Of St. Claire that begins with:

Stranger, that massy, mouldering pile,
Whose ivied ruins load the ground,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dXbe cfbf cgag hcic cbbb cbjb ebbb ikbk ijfj cala mcbc gmlm fjbX bibi hbnb Xchc Xbgb hhcX bhbh abbb blbX XbbX beie ifhX cbhb cbXb ibdb bbcX bjjj fncn behe mfmX bfff babX bdhd nXbb hedX cbhb bhfX mgbX meXe cbhb bfaX cblX hibi cici Xheh gnaX bXha efaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101101001 11010101 1010101 11010101 110010101 010111000 11000101 00010101 11111101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010111 11010101 110101001 110101001 11011101 11010101 11110101 110011001 11111111 11010101 011101011 01010101 111101010 01011101 11110111 11010101 11110101 111100101 11110101 11110101 110010101 10110101 11110101 11010101 11111001 01010101 11011101 01010101 01011101 01011111 111101010 11011001 11010101 110111001 11010101 11110101 11010001 011000101 110101010 11110101 10010101 11110101 001101101 1111110100 111101001 01010101 10010101 11110101 11110101 11011001 11011101 11010101 1101001010 110101001 11010111 01010101 101110100100 11010101 1011111001 10110101 101111101 10010101 11100101 011101110 11010111 110100101 11010101 11010101 01110101 010101010 11010111 010111010 1101100011 10011101110 11110111 0111010100 1010111010 11010101 101110101 1111111000 1010111101 110010101 1001110101 10010101 100111011 11011001 11011111 111001100 11110111 01110101 11011111 11000101 110111001 11011101 11010110 01010111 10010111 01010101 110100101 01010101 101111111 0101000101 101110111 1100111010 10011001001 101111101 11010111 010010101 101110101 01010111 10010101 111101011 101110101 01010111 111111001 11011001 100010111 111111010 10100101 1111010100 010010101 111100111 11010111 01011101 1010111011 100110101 11111111 1001001010 10010101 11010111 01011101 11110101 101011101 11010111000 10000100101 100110111 101110101 11110101 11011111 010111010 11100111 01111101 11011101 01010111 10111001101 101111111 01111101 010110010 11110101 11010101 1001000101 1010111010 11110101 11011101 10000111011000 10010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 010011101 100011111 11011101 111100101 011101010 101110101 01110101 010101010 111111010 11010001 11010101 110100001 11010101 11001101 11110101 01010111 11010001 100010011100 11011111 11011101 01111111 101110111 010101011 11010101 1101011010 10010101 010101100 110100111 11010001 11110111 101101101 010010101 11111101 11111101 010111001 01011111 010111001 010010111 111101001 01010101 11110101 101110101 011101010 11011101 01011101 11010101 01011101 11010101 110101001 100110101 11001011100 01011011000 10010101 11010101 11010101 0101100001 1010100101 1101110010 10110101 01010101 11110101 101001110111 01011101 01111101 0101110100 10110101 11010111 1111010010 01010101 100111111 01111001 11100101 11001101 100110111 111011010 1010101101 1011101100 010100111 11110111 11010111 11010101 0100111001 11010101 110110101 11110101 1000101100 010010111 101010111 01110111 101111101 11111101 11011101 11011101 101111111 11001101 11101111 11111101 101111011 11111101 0011001100 11011111 11110101 11010101 110100111 11010101 10010101 11010111 11111101 010010001 110111001 01011101 11010111 110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 71
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 284
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; her, thy, my, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, did are repeated.

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  • summary of Julia, Or The Convent Of St. Claire;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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