This is an analysis of the poem Jeremy Carlisle that begins with:

Passer-by, sin beyond any sin
Is the sin of blindness of souls to other souls....

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXaXXXXXdbXbcXad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101101101 001010010101 1101101001 0100001111000 10010010 110100101 11101010 1110100101100 111001001 00111001 110100101 1011111 1101010101 1100111101 01110100111 11001 1010101010 110101101 0110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 673
  • Average number of words per stanza: 132
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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; sin, of, joy, to are repeated.

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