This is an analysis of the poem The Confession that begins with:
I HAVEN'T always acted good:
I've taken things not meant for me;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ececabab fcfcaeae bgbgeded bbbbgggX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011100 11011111 11010111 11110101 11010111 01110101 11111101 11110101 11111101 01110111 10110111 11110111 011100101 11011101 10011111 111100101 11110101 01110101 11101101 11011101 11110101 11110111 11110101 11110111 01011101 01010111 01010101 11011111 11111111 0101111 11010111 11110111 11110111 11011111 11010101 11011101 11111111 11111101 10011101 10111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; you, and, i, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, a are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Confession;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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