This is an analysis of the poem The Indiscreet Confessions that begins with:

FAMED Paris ne'er within its walls had got,
Such magick charms as were Aminta's lot,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc aaddee ffgghhiiggaaddjjkk aallggkk iikkccgggg ccffcc mmaaffccggjjaammXc aaaaccmmaagggg ffjjXcnnmmaaccccffcc kkiifXccggmmccaanjXkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,18,8,10,6,18,14,20,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010111 1101101001 1101010101 1111010101 0101010101 0101011101 10001011101 0101011101 1101010101 0101010001 1111010101 1101110101 1101011101 1101001101 0111111101 0111110101 0101011101 1101010101 11010011001 0111110101 1001110111 1101011111 1101011101 1101010111 1111110011 1101010001 111000100101 0101010111 1001011111 1101010101 1111011111 0101110101 1101010111 1101001101 1111010101 1101110101 0111000101 1101110001 0111010101 1101110101 1111010101 1100010111 0111011101 0111010111 1101111101 0101110101 0101010101 0101010101 0101011111 1101010001 0101110101 1001001111 1101000011 011010101 0111010101 1100010101 1101000101 0101010001 0110110101 0101010101 0111010111 0101111111 0101110101 1101110101 1101001101 1111011110 1101100110 1110011101 1101000101 1111110001 0101011101 1101011101 01010110100 1100110101 10111011101 0111011101 1101110111 1111010101 1101001101 0101110101 1101010111 0101110111 1111010101 1101110101 01011010100 0101110111 1111000101 0101011001 1101010101 1011010101 01010101010 0101010111 111101101000 1101011101 1101010101 0100011001 0111011101 0111010101 1111010101 0101010101 1100010111 0100101101 1100111100 1101010101 1111100101 1101010101 1111110101 1101010111 0101010101 1101110111 0100111101 0101100101 001001101 01010110010 1100010001 1101110001 0110110101 0101111101 0101110101 0101010001 01111001101 1111111101 0100010101 1101010111 1101010101 011100101 1111010101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 498
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 128
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, i, to, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, the, have are repeated.

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  • summary of The Indiscreet Confessions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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