This is an analysis of the poem Repentance that begins with:
Lord, I confess my sin is great;
Great is my sin. Oh! gently treat... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXb ddeffe ggghhg eeiddi gghddh ddcjjc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 10111101 0111110001 11110 01100 01010101 11011111 11110111 1110011111 0101 0101 01110101 11110101 0100111 11111111010 1101 1100 110101010 10110101 11110011 11110110110 1011 1101 110111010 11111001 11110111 1001110111 1101 1101 11000101 11111101 11010111 1101000111 10010 11110 10111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase great connects the lines.
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- summary of Repentance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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