This is an analysis of the poem Feelings Of Guilt that begins with:

Gee!
Please tell me this......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCDE FF aecag baaX egeXbe eb gbhcba XbXXeX aBCDE FF hggeeeXbe fXhe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,5,4,6,2,6,6,5,2,9,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1110 1101010010 00101011 010100001001 11 0111 101011 011011101 1111001 1100100011 001110 11010101100 1101 110101 11011110 10101 11000110 0111101 111 011011001 11011011 01111010110 1110110 111110 010101111 111101010 0110111011 0101101 11011111 1 11 11011011 0110 1 11001 1 1110 1101010010 00101011 010100001001 11 0111 110 111010100 110100101000 11111 1100100 11001 011110 1010111 10 1001 1010 111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, i, does are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines do is repeated).

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  • summary of Feelings Of Guilt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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