This is an analysis of the poem Faith Restricted that begins with:
So glad am I faith restricted my attempts...
To take tempting shortcuts, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaBC DDEEBC XddBCXDDEEBCd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010101 011011 011100101101 1111 0101010 11011100111 11100101 111110 1110110110 1111 0101010 11110101001010 110101011 011010000100 1111 0101010 11011100111 11100101 111110 1110110110 1111 0101010 10011100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; i, to are repeated.
The author used the same word so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word restricted at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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