This is an analysis of the poem A Faith On Trial that begins with:

On the morning of May,
Ere the children had entered my gate... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbbcbcdeedeefaefgahgaehgbeighibhejijijebiebibkbdkdXaiabliLdibiiaLdajgbijbg blbjbglbgajeaemegmgejecjgc cjbcebjecfgfXgbjnbn bjbjcjbcjbbobpbecpXbcdbbdb djbodbjdoaoafbaaacfbcc fabcXbedecdcbmiXqmibfdqXdbfbfdeacdqeaicqiXiXci qXqbcbcbXXccq cngcngdgceXcgpcecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 78,26,19,26,22,46,13,64,15,13,15,61,57,8,73,96,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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01001001 0101101 1101101 11101101 1111001 101001001 101011011 1100111 01011001 1101101 001011011 01001001 1011011 00100101100 10100101 0110111 11010001 101001101 1011101 11001001 1110111 11100101 11101010 01100101 11101101 0100101 10100101 0110101 010001010 101001001 11111101 01011001 1111001 00100101 011001 1100101 1010111 1001001 11101010011 1001011 1001001 001101010 11101101 1101111 0101101 1100111 001011001 001001001 11110111 1101001 101001001 0100101 101011001 001111101 01011111 001101001 001001011 01101101 110110 110010110 11001101 10111101 101011110 10101011 11101001 1100111 0111111 0100111 101101 01001010 10011011 1111101 01000101 1010011010 1101001 001001001 1111001 1001101 110111 10100111 11111111 01110111 001001011 1101101 10111101 11110010 00101100 101101001 01001001 01011001 01001100 100111 00100101 1011001 1100111 1001011 0101001 01011001 1110101 110110010 0101001 100101 11101011 100111 11001001 01011001 11011111 11001101 11001011 1100011 01001001 10100101 01101001 00101001 10111001 1110101 10110101 01001011 1101111 1010101 10010010 1101010 11101101 001011010 11011011 11010001 11011001 101001101 1001001 01001011 01001001 01001001 01001011 1000101 11101001 01100101 00101100 0100111 01001101 11101001 001001001 0110111 101101011 001001001 11001011 101001000 101101011 101101101 1100101 101001011 0100101 0101001 0100101 0111001 01101111 111011111 11011001 01000101 1110111 10100110 11001011 101001001 101001011 11001001 1001001 0100101 1111001 1110001 11001001 0111001 1001011 01000101 01011011 01011001 101111001 0100101 001001001 1111011 1100101 01001001 11101001 100101 1100101 001001011 10100111 01001011 01001001 100111 111011001 101001011 1001011 01001001 0100111 11001001 11011001 11101001 11101101 1011011 11011101 0101001 1111101 101001001 1011011 11101011 1011101 101101 010110010 01101001 10111010 1001010 0101101 01101001 01001001 1100111 101001001 10100111 10001001 0110101 10111001 1101101 10100101 1111010011 1001011 1001001 011111010 0101001 0101001 01011001 01001101 11101101 1001011 10101101 11111001 01101001 1001011 1111011 11001101 11101001 11001001 11011001 10100101 110101 11001001 001001001 0111011 10101001 11101110 11101001 0110111 0110101 010010110 001001100 01001000 0110010100 001011011 10101011 11001011 1001001 11001001 0100101 10101001 001011001 101001011 10100111 11001101 1001001 1111111 1001001 1001001 01111011 11101011 10111011 1101101 001011001 1101111 111001001 01001001 0111011 1011011 10001001 01101011 01001101 1001000 001011011 0010111100 1001001 01001011 11001011 11011001 1101101 01001101 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1221
  • Average number of words per stanza: 227
  • Amount of lines: 633
  • 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; of, her, we, to, so, she, not, you, and, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, home, i, we, a, on, when, to, in, for, whose, with, and are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases breath, noon connect the lines.

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