This is an analysis of the poem Hidden Sins that begins with:
FOR every sin that comes before the light,
And leaves an outward blemish on the soul, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedefgfg hehehihi Xjhjajaj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001110101 1111010101 1101010101 1101110101 1101100101 1111010101 1101110111 1101110001 0101010101 1111010101 1111110101 1100010101 1101010101 1101010001 1111010101 0101111101 0101010111 1101010101 0011110111 1101010101 1111011101 1111010101 1101110111 1111000101 01010011100 1101011101 0111111111 1101010101 1011010111 1101010111 0101011101 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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, o, half are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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