This is an analysis of the poem Ruins that begins with:

Ruins in Rome are four a penny,
And here along the Appian Way...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX dbebbfbf bebdghgX bhbhijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111010 110101001 110100010 01010011 11111101 11100101 11100101 1000101000 10110101 11010111 110100111 01010101 11100101 01011101 11000101 01010101 11111101 01010111 10110111 11010101 11010101 11100101 01111101 111111010 11101111 11110001 11001101 01010101 11000101 11010111 11110101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Ruins;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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