Trust In Providence by John Logan: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Trust In Providence that begins with:

Almighty Father of mankind,
On thee my hopes remain;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dded aafa gbfb deae Xgag XaeaXfece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010011 111101 11010101 111101 11110100 010001 11110111 101101 01001111 101101 11110101 011111 110100111 011111 10110100 11110100 01011101 111101 11111101 010101 11110101 110101 11010001 1111001 11111111 110101 11111001 011101 11011101 011001 11010111 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Trust In Providence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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