This is an analysis of the poem The Unpardonable Sin that begins with:

I reckon that ye never knew,
That dandy slugger, Tom Carew,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbccddeebbffffgghheeiifXXXjjggaaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11010110 11011111 11010101 11011101 01000101 11011101 01110101 11000111 11000101 11111111 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010001 11010001 10011011 11010101 11110101 11010101 1101100111 11110101 10010101 11010101 11111101 110101110 11111101 01010110 01011111 0110101 110101101 11010001 11100011 01011101 10110101 010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 230
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; that, he, to are repeated.

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  • summary of The Unpardonable Sin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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