This is an analysis of the poem Confidence And Faith that begins with:

I awaken each morning,
To be grateful as I pray......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXX cbacXced ceXedd eafefdggbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,6,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110 0010111 1001000110 001101 0111100 11110111 11111010 101101011101 010100111111 110111 101110101 101110110101 111110 011011010 111110 10110001 1001111101 111100100001 11001101101001 1010101011001 1010110011101 100110 10101110111 101001100111 01 10101001 0101011101 1010100111001 1010111111 1111011010101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

  • summary of Confidence And Faith;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar