Analysis of Confession.



As one, a poet of a fairy's train,
Might sit beside a violet's stem and view
Its opening petals, watch the wondrous blue
Thrill through their fibers, and their secret gain
Of how the earth and sky and wind and rain
Had given them life and form and scent and hue,--
So I have gazed into the eyes of you,
Those rare blue eyes, and have not looked in vain;
For they have told me all that I would know,
Even as the violets their secret tell
Unto the wistful spirits of the grove--
Ay, more than this, for, in their tender glow,
I've learned their secret, found their winsome spell,
The sweet and simple message of their love.


Scheme ABBAABBACDECDF
Poetic Form
Metre 110101011 110101101 11001010101 1111001101 1101010101 11011010101 1111010111 1111011101 1111111111 10101001101 1001010101 1111101101 1111011101 0101010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 608
Words 120
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 480
Words per stanza (avg) 119
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Charles Hamilton Musgrove

Musgrove was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Gertrude (Hamilton) and Henry C. Musgrove. He died in Louisville, and is buried in that city's Cave Hill Cemetery. more…

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