This is an analysis of the poem Confined Love that begins with:

Some man unworthy to be possessor
Of old or new love, himself being false or weak,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccc XdXdeee XXXXffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101000010 011110110111 101111010 01100110101 110101 111111 1110101 1111111100 01111110111 110111110 01111110101 1111001 111101 1111111 11011101010 110111110110 1111011110 10011110101 001001 010001 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, or, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Confined Love;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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