This is an analysis of the poem Believe and Live that begins with:

When the Saviour said ''Tis finished,'
Everything was fully done;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXXcX cXaXXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011100 1011101 11101110 1010011 11100010 00111100 11101010 01001111 10100010 11101110 11100010 1011111 11100010 1011111 11101010 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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  • summary of Believe and Live;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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