This is an analysis of the poem Ballade Of Modest Confession that begins with:

My reading is extremely deep and wide;
And as our modern education goes— ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXbcbC XbabbXbC ababbcbC XbcbC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100010111 1111010101 0111110001 01110011010 1100010001 1101111101 1100010111 1011001101 11100111110 0111011101 1101010011 0101000101 01110111001 1101010110 1101001101 1011001101 1011011111 1101010101 1100001111 11010000111 1111110011 0101010101 0111110001 1011001101 10 1111111101 11010011101 1111011101 1011001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, my, i, or, nose, your are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word point at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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