This is an analysis of the poem The Lady Of La Garaye - Prologue that begins with:

RUINS! A charm is in the word:
It makes us smile, it makes us sigh, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaccded ebbffggcchchbiaacc ccjjdfdfkk ggkkaa jbbjjlXdd Xgaammffbb nnffnXll jcjcaa mmgoXoffffnng gccjjppcXanabdbd flflngngff mmqqbffbaa ddcc mmbbrrffssggqqnXaa ggcgcgddaannkkffadad m mllbbddkkaabjbj ggffiXffkkqabba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,18,10,6,9,10,8,6,13,16,10,10,4,18,20,1,15,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010001 01110111 110101011 010100111 11011111 01110111 11011101 10101100 010101010 10111101 110111010 01010101 11011101 11001101 11010101 11111101 11010101 01 0101110 11010101 111111110 11110111 11011101 11110101 11010111 1101101 11100110 11111110 1011101 1110101 1110101 1000101 1111111 10101010 1011101 11111010 10001010 11101110 01010101 1111111 0101011 01010101 10110101 01110101 01010111 01111111 01010101 111111001 11101101 11011101 10011111 01011101 11010001 00011111 01110101 11010111 10010101 11010111 10110111 01010101 01010011 10110101 10111101 10010101 01010100 110011010 010111010 11010111 11010111 11010101 110100101 01010111 101100101 01111111 11000101 11011101 11010101 111101001 111111 1101010101 01011011001 010111 0101001101 1101011101 1101110011 11010010101 010101 1101 1111001 0101001101 0101 1111010011 101101 101101001001 011111 1011001101 1101010101 101101 01110101010 110111 0101111111 110001 0101010101 1011010101 01011101001 0101001 1111110101 101111 101110101 1010101 01011111 11100101 1011001011 1110111 1101110111 10010101001 1111001 111111 110101 1101 1011011001 11110100101 110101 1001110101 1101010101 111100100001 110101 0101010101 11111101011 110101 1010111 1110101 111 11010100 1010 1010 1010101 1011101 1010101 0110101 111 10101001 1010101 10101001 01011101 0010101 11011101 1110101 1011111 1011001 1110111 1011111 10111001 1110101 1111101 1110101 1000101 1111101 1010101 0010101 10100010 01101010 0010101 1111111 00111010 1011111 10111010 1010101 1011111 1011101 1010111 1111111 11010101 10011011 0010111 0011111 00101010 10101010 1011101 1110111 1111111 1011101 1011111 11110111 1011101 0011101 1010101 0110111 1011101 0010110 10111010 11101010 1010101 0010111 1000111 1010011 1010101 1010101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 199
  • 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; and, our, we, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases return, here connect the lines.

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