This is an analysis of the poem Faith, Stamina And Endurance that begins with:

When their worshipped nonsense is avoided,
There is a degree of offensiveness felt....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaac XbXcX ccdbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100010 100010100001 0100110010 1 010011010101 11010111 1110110100101 00010010001010011 1110110100 10100111 101010010011 01000101010 10001010111001100 00110011100 101000100 01001110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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