This is an analysis of the poem Repentance that begins with:
When tears wash tears and soul upon soul leaps,
When clasped in arms of anguish and of pain. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaBaXbaBcbdcBebebdfebfB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110111 1101010101 1101010101 111111 11110100101 111101111 1 110111011 111111 1101010101 1101000101 110111110 1 111111 1111100101 1110000101 1101010101 1111111 110101011 1 111101011 1 11110110111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 830
- Average number of words per stanza: 155
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, when are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
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