This is an analysis of the poem Ruins Of A Great House that begins with:

though our longest sun sets at right declensions and
makes but winter arches,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXbdebbbbXbXddbdXbbfdfXcfcagcadfeXhhfdaadfefcgXacdbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 58,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011111001 111010 01001011110101 111010 11100 1100100100011 1111110100 01010101001 0101110101 10111101001 01010 111101 11010010101 0101110001 01000100 1111 1111010 1011110101 01001010101 1101100101 0101110101 0111001101 1001010101 01100100101 1011110101 001001111111 0101010101 1101001100 01110010111 0101110011 10010100001 1101100111 1101010011000 01 0100110111 0111011101 100100110111 0111010101 0101001101100 0100111001001 011111101 1101010101 0101010111 1111010001 11010010001 1110010101 010111 11010001001 1101010101 1100111 010011100100100 1 110110001 1101010101 01010 100101 11010010101 1110010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2302
  • Average number of words per stanza: 408
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; from, of, by are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ruins Of A Great House;
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  • history of its creation;
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