This is an analysis of the poem Faith’s Vista that begins with:

When from the vaulted wonder of the sky
The curtain of the light is drawn aside, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcddcaaaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001010001 0100010101 1101010111 01001100100 0111110111 1101000101 1111111101 1111100111 1111010101 0101010111 0101011111 1011010101 1101111101 1111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 619
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Faith’s Vista;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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