This is an analysis of The Ruin by Joseph Skipsey.
THE bitter wind blows o'er the desolate wold,
—The bloom from the blossom forever is sped!—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aAaa aAaA bAbA cAcA cAcA dAda eAeaXcAca
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 010111001001 01001001001 11111101101 11011001001 01111011011 01001001001 01011001001 11111011001 11101101011 01001001001 11001101011 11111011001 01101101111 01001001001 11101011101 11111011001 011011011011 01001001001 0110101111 11111011001 0111101111 01001001001 11011101001 11111011001 11011101011 01001001001 11011011011 11101011001 11011001101 01001001001 111111110011 11111101001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
and, my
Anaphora
the, and