This is an analysis of the poem A Confidence that begins with:

UNCLE JOHN, he makes me tired;
Thinks 'at he's jest so all-fired...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccbbeeeefXgghXffiiaaddhheeejbbXXbbbbggjjcceXaahXaakkbXcXccbbhhbbllXibbmmccnnaaoobb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 90,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110 11111110 1111111 1001101 1011111 1111101 1110101 1111101 1010111 1110111 10111001 1101111 1111111 1110101 1110111 1110111 1110001 1111101 11111111 1111101 1111101 10111010 11111010 11111010 1110111 1010011 1111110 1110011 1011111 1010111 1111101 1110111 1011011 1110111 1010111 1110100 1010001 1010101 1110101 1011011 1110101 1111101 1010101 1110101 1110011 1010110 10111110 11111110 11110111 1100111 1010101 1010010 1011111 1110101 110100010 00111110 1111111 1111101 1111101 1010101 1110111 11111001 1111111 1110010 1111101 11111001 1010111 1110101 0111101 1011101 1110111 111101 1011101 11110101 1111101 1010101 0110111 1110101 1110011 1110101 1110111 1010111 1111101 1111111 0111101 11010111 1110011 1110101 1111111 1011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2773
  • Average number of words per stanza: 564
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; he, i, an', got, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words got, all are repeated.

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  • summary of A Confidence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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