This is an analysis of the poem The Believer's Safety that begins with:

Incarnate God! the soul that knows
Thy name's mysterious power... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fgfg hihi faXa ijijXdede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 11010010 11010101 1101010 11010011 010101 010010101 010011 01010101 010011 11010111 010101 110100100 110101 110010101 110111 11110111 110111 01110111 010101 10010101 110011 01010101 110101 01010101 001101 10010111 111101 10110111 111101 11110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Believer's Safety;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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