This is an analysis of the poem The Shrines Of Old Are Broken Down that begins with:
The shrines of old are broken down;
The faiths that knelt at them are dead.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXX cacadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 01111011 1011101 1011101 10010111 1010100 1100101 011110001 1111101 1001111 1001101 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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