This is an analysis of the poem The New Remorse that begins with:

The sin was mine; I did not understand.
So now is music prisoned in her cave,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdedec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111101101 1101010001 1111010101 100101011 1001010001 1101011101 1101010111 1101001101 1100110101 1111110100 1100110001 0011111111 01100010011 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The New Remorse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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