This is an analysis of the poem The Unpardonable Sin that begins with:
I do not cry, beloved, neither curse.
Silence and strength, these two at least are good. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbX cddc effeXbaab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010101 1011111110 1111111111 1101011100 1101011100 10101111101 1011000101 0101011100 1001010101 1011111101 1101010101 10110000101 1011001101 1011000101 1111011101 0101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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More information about poems by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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- Analysis of The Song Of Right And Wrong
- Analysis of The Old Song