This is an analysis of the poem Unbelieving How It Comes To Be Confessed that begins with:

Romance is not inherited.
And rarely does it arrive, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAXa aacX AdCEACECC ABAdCEXACECCc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,9,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010100 1101001 011001 01001 101 110100011 100110110101 11010101001 1011010001000 01010100 110 1010010 10101010 0111001010 101000110110 11101 110101001 001 01010100 1101001 011001 110 1010010 10101010 0111001010 101000110110 11101 110101001 001 10101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Unbelieving How It Comes To Be Confessed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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