This is an analysis of the poem George Mullen's Confession that begins with:

For the sake of guilty conscience, and the heart that ticks the
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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcc dded ffgg hhdd iiii fffX ffeX ggdd ijjkk llXX iidd ddii dddX ddmm ggXgg lXgg jjilX nndd fflX ffann nnff deff iikok hmpmigg oooo ppdd bbbhb nnkk ffcf dffnXXggdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,5,4,4,5,7,4,4,5,4,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101010101110 1 0010011010100110 01110101011101 0110110011101 1011010101111 1101110110111 1101011111100 01010101111101 11111110111101 1111010110101 11100101010111 0101011110111 1111111100101 10101111110101 10010101110011 10011101111110 101111100010111 0101110110101 11011101010101 11001010110001 1111111110101 11101010111101 11111010110101 101000101111101 11111111111111 111110111010011 11101101010100 11111010110111 101010111110101 111010101010101 11111011110001 11110101010101 1101110111111 1 11001101010101 0101010010101 10111101010101 101010101011101 01010111010101 11110101110101 1111110101001 1111010110101 101010100010101 111101101111101 110110101010111 101000101010001 111010110010101 111011101001111 10110010011101 1111010110101 11111101110111 01110100011111 10101101111101 11010101110111 01110011010111 1011010111101 101010101110111 11011101110101 11011101110111 1101110111010 1 11001101110101 11011111010111 111010111110101 11110111110111 1111110110101 101100111111101 10100111010101 11101110111011 1 100111111110101 101010101110101 111010101010101 1101010110001 11110101010001 101010100010011 01010101010101 101110101110101 11010101110101 11010101011111 10111110111100 11111010111110 1 01011101011101 10110110110001 01110101110101 101011100110101 111111101010101 11111111110101 101010101010100 101011101010111 111010011110111 0101111100100 111011101110011 111010100011101 010111010100 101 11101010101010 1 111010010111101 1 11101011101011 1 111010100010001 111011101010101 11010101111111 11000100010101 011010000010101 101011100011001 101011101010011 101011100010101 101010101010111 101011101010101 01010101110101 001000100011101 11101010101010 1 101010001111101 001111100010101 11010101010111 010111001010011 11010101010101 11010101110101 01010010010111 01011101110101 11111111111011 1 1111101110101 11000100010101 11111110110101 1111111111101 10100010111101 111100101010101 011010101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 135
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, i, that, my, she, we, as, for, her, tell, it, me are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, but, a are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words ', all at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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