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

A HAPPY day at Whitsuntide,
As soon ’s the zun begun to vall, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabb ababcc XdXdee eXeXXX fXfXgg ddddXX XfXfaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011100 111011001 11110111 010111 11010111 01000101 11110101 01010111 10111101 110111 111100111 11011101 01010110 01010101 11011101 110101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11010101 100101 11011001 01010101 11010111 01011101 110111101 111111 11011101 11110101 11011101 01110011 11111111 111101 11110101 11011011 11010101 01010101 11010101 011111 11110101 01110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an, that are repeated.

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

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