This is an analysis of the poem XIV. 'Let all men see the ruins of the shrine' that begins with:

Let all men see the ruins of the shrine
That I, with passionate and holy care,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabaabXbabaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010001 1101001101 1101010101 1101110101 1011010101 0101110101 1101101101 1011110101 1011010111 0101000101 0101000101 1111010101 1101110111 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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