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

Ancient Castle of the Mains,
With your romantic scenery and surrounding plains,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbccc aXdedXbab XbeaXbdbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001 0101010010101 111100001 1010100101 10101001101111 101011101 11001101 101000111100110101 101010101 110101 101000101000010011 1101010 1110001 0101011 1011001 11010001 11001 11011001 11001 10101100100 010101 01100101 11001 1001010 1010101 0101101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

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

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