This is an analysis of the poem Confessional, The that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b ccddee X aaffee X Xgeegg X aaffdd b hhiiaa b bbggjj X ggjjXX X ggbbbb X jjeegg k llbbhh b aaffkk X gggggg XXddllbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1 00011111 11111111 11111111 11011111 11111101 11001101 1 11111101 01111001 11010101 01111101 01110101 11001111 1 11010110 01110111 11110101 110101101 01111111 11100101 1 111100101 01111101 10011111 01110111 11000101 11011101 1 11110101 11010111 011100101 011100001 11010101 01011101 1 11011101 01011111 01010111 11101101 11010111 01011101 1 11110111 11011001 01011111 01111101 111100101 011111010 1 11011111 01110111 111111001 11110101 11110111 10010101 1 11111111 110101101 111100011 11111111 10011101 01010001 1 11010101 10011111 111101101 01100101 01111101 01111101 1 11110101 11100111 01110101 11000111 01100101 11110101 1 11001101 11011101 11111101 11011101 11110101 11011101 1 11011111 110001111 11111111 11001101 11111111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 27
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; their, and, there, lies, of, that, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, that, no are repeated.

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