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

Whoever was begotten by pure love,
And came desired and welcome into life,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c X b d c a X e e X e d fXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010111 11010110001 0001000101 1101010011 1111111101 1101100111 1001011110 0100010101 0001001101 1100111101 1101110101 0101110101 1101100111 1111001101 1101110101 1100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 40
  • Average number of words per stanza: 7
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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