This is an analysis of the poem Enormous Pride that begins with:

I am guilty.
With a hope my admission of this, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCDeaXacbbffbg hhbgXcX heaeXefXhXABCCDchcah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,7,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 001101000 1110 01010010 10101101 111101 1110110100 101010 0011010110100 10101110101 101000001 1101101001001 11001001100 1110011 0101000100 11111110001 1111101001 10100100101 1111111001 1010010111011 0010011101 011111 1010011001 110101 110101110 110100101000 010011110 1100010 010101001 01010101001001 10011 101101001010 1110 001101000 1110 01010010 10101101 001101 10101001110 11 0100110100010 111101100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word reminded at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Enormous Pride;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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