This is an analysis of the poem Was It A Sin? that begins with:
Was it a sin no one was with us?
Our wedding such a lone affair?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd efgf ehgh ijijXacac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 100111101 11010101 010101110 10010111 010101110 11011001 1100101010 11110101 1110101010 11000111 110111010 100110101 110101110 11010101 010111110 01010111 110101010 01011101 111101010 11110101 1111011100 1011101 0101010010 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; with, no, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
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- summary of Was It A Sin?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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