This is an analysis of the poem Faith In God that begins with:

HAVE faith in God. For whosoever lists
To calm conviction in these days of strife,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XeXe fgfg XeXe aeae hfhf adadXdgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 0101001101 0110011101 0101010101 0101011111 0110111111 1101110111 110010101001 11011011110 0101110101 10110100100 1111110101 1001001101 0101011101 0111010101 0101010111 1110010100 0101110101 0111011111 0111010001 1101010101 1111010101 1111010111 1101000101 1101101101 1101111111 1101010101 01011100111 0101110001 0101001001 0101010100 1111010101 0101011101 1100011111 110100100101 0101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in, and, of are repeated.

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