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

To you, O Sœr Therèse of Lisieux,
Fresh as a morning rose in morning dew,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabba ccddc eeffe gghhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101010 1101010101 1111010 10101010 11111111101 0111010101 0101001111 111101 10101001 11101110111 1101110111 11010001011 11101010 11101010 10101011011 11111110101 1111011111 10101011 10101011 1101110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, them, your are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

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

  • summary of The Trust;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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