This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written On The Morning Of The Dreadful Fire that begins with:

Oh! there has come on us a dreadful calamity,
Our fine Depot Buildings in ruin lie low.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acXc dede cfgf dhdh gidi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110100100 11101001011 1111100100100 010101010101 0010010011010 110110011001 11110101010110 1101001011 111010100010 11001011011 1110110111010 00101001001 110011011010 11101011011 111011000010 11011011111 111011111010 11111001001 111111110010 11011001001 110110110010 01101101011 010110110010 11101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Lines Written On The Morning Of The Dreadful Fire;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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