This is an analysis of the poem I Confess that begins with:
It is true.
I confess....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEF cdfegg ABCDEF hXcdf Xfdgf ABCDEF Xdcifhgf ABCDEF cXiXABCDEF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,5,5,6,8,6,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001 101 1101 1110 0010 100101 1111101 111110 01101 1110100 11001 0101 001 101 1101 1110 0010 100101 11111 10111000 111110 1100110 110111 111110 111101 111001110 1101 1111 001 101 1101 1110 0010 100101 01111111101 01110 10101111001 11001010 010011 111011 101100 1011001 001 101 1101 1110 0010 100101 110111111110 11011111 110111000001 001 101 1101 1110 0010 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
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, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, before are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of I Confess;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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