This is an analysis of the poem Faith that begins with:
And is the great cause lost beyond recall?
Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdcdaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001110101 1101010101 1111010101 01111101001 1011110111 10001110101 1111111101 1011001001 1101110101 1111010101 11110010111 1111100101 1111110101 0101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Faith;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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