This is an analysis of the poem Confidence that begins with:
Oppressed with sin and woe,
A burdened heart I bear,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efef dgdg gbgb hdhdXfcfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111 010111 011100101 110101 000101 110101 10110111 111101 111111 1101001 11110111 111101 110110 010101 10011101 111101 111111 111101 11110111 111101 011001 111101 11010111 110101 111101 110101 11110101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, not, need are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Confidence;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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