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

There are not many sins when once we sift them.
In actions of evolving human souls... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcadeedbbf fdggeebhhbijikejekbbllhXhXdcdmmeeeeee Xff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,37,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110111110 0100010101 100111 11010001110 11001111010 01110101010 00010101010 110011101110 01010100010 01000100111 010101 11110100101 1110110101 01110101010 0101011111 1101010101 1111010101 101101 1111010001 00101010111 11010101111 100111 11010100101 1101011101 0111010101 110001 0101010111 1111 1101010101 110111 11000101010 11110101110 1101001101 110111 1101010101 1001010101 111101 11010111000 11011101010 0111 0101110 01011101010 11110110010 1111010100 1101000101 1011010111 0111011101 0101101101 1101000101 1111011101 1101011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 659
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; no, and, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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