This is an analysis of the poem The Ravaged Villa that begins with:

In shards the sylvan vases lie,
Their links of dance undone,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 110101 11010111 110001 01000101 0111010 11010101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Ravaged Villa;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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