This is an analysis of the poem Beliefs that begins with:
Even though people hold unto beliefs,
They will declare exist....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCB DE bfbf bee ABCB DE acedXe DEaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,3,4,2,6,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011011001 100101 00101000 1011001 001001 100010 1110010111 0110001 1001001 11010011 10010101 011111 1010000010 1011011001 100101 00101000 1011001 001001 100010 11001011110 101010 100010 1001000001 0111111 011110010 001001 100010 1101 10111010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Beliefs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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