This is an analysis of the poem General Confession that begins with:
In this noble ring to-day
Let my warning shame ye!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ab ac ca d be bf fb c gX gX dg e Xh cb bX e iX ib bi b gh gd Xg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010101 111011 1001101 101011 100111010 100111010 111111 1110011 111011 1010101 111010 10101110 11101110 100101 1111101 101010 11000101 101010 1001010110 100111010 101010 1110111 101110 10110101 111010 00111011 10101011 001010 0110101 011110 1010110 100010 01101011 10101011 101010 1111111 111110 1010101 101110 10101110 10101010 011110
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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