This is an analysis of Love Among The Ruins by Robert Browning.

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Where the quiet-coloured end of evening smiles,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccccaaddee X aaXbffbbgghh X dbXXffiijjkk X bbkXddjjhhbb a llddaaeeggjj a kkXXffkkddmm X nnaaddbbffhh
  • Stanza lengths: 1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,1,12,
  • Metre: 1 10101010101 10110 10101010111 101 10101011111 111 10110010111 111 01101010001 101 10101010101 111 1 10101110101 111 00101010101 001 10111010111 001 10111010101 1110 100101010001 101 10101111101 101 1 11101010101 101 101010101100 110 100100010101 111 10101011111 101 10101111101 101 11101110101 111 1 10101010101 101 10101000101 1000 101010010101 101 101010100101 101 101011101001 111 10111010101 101 1 11111010101 101 011011101001 011 10111010101 101 10101011101 111 00101010011 101 10111111101 111 1 111010101001 111 101010101010 1000 10101010111 101 11111011101 101 11101010101 011 11111010111 111 1 01111010101 111 11111010101 101 101010100011 101 1111110111 101 11100010111 100 01101110101 101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 91

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