Fragment: The Vine-Shroud



Flourishing vine, whose kindling clusters glow
Beneath the autumnal sun, none taste of thee;
For thou dost shroud a ruin, and below
The rotting bones of dead antiquity.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 173
Words 30
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

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