This is an analysis of the poem A Descriptive Ode that begins with:
Supposed to have been written under the Ruins of
Rufus's Castle, among the remains of the ancient... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddeffecccgXceechhcbbijji XcgddgbbheeXkkddddddckkceeleeleemXbmaac eecnnhoohbbbddb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,39,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010100100 1010010010010 1101010 01010101 110100111 11000101 111101010 1111001010 1011010101 11010101 01010101 11011101 11110101 010111001 1001010001 11010101 11110101 110101001 11000101 01011101 010011110111 10010111 101011101 11011101 11010011 010100001 1011010101 101101100 11010101 11010101 110011101 11010101 10001010101 101010111 11110101 101110101 110101001 111101001 10011001101 01010101 11010101 10010101 11011101 100110101 1101010101 11111111 010111001 10010101 01010101 10010101 0101010101 101010101 01100101 010010101 11010111 01010101 1101001001 10000101 11110111 11010101 1011101100 01010101 101101001011 11011101 11010101 011100101 010111001 10110111 1111011101 11110101 10110101 100101001 01011101 001010001 0111010101 111100101 11010101 1011111101 11010101 01110101 0101011011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1021
- Average number of words per stanza: 176
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, and, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, the are repeated.
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